Centre of Excellence for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies

Valkonen, Sanna UL; Viikari, Lotta UL; Virtanen, Pirjo UH

In Indigenous thought, as well as political and legal orders, humans and their social worlds are indivisible from the environment: humans co-construct shared societies with other beings. The Centre of Excellence for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies examines human’s ultimate responsibility for ensuring a good and just life for all life forms. We develop the concept of multibeing justice to encapsulate both Indigenous understandings of justice, which are rooted in relational ontologies, and the potential of this perspective to radically rethink Western legal frameworks. The CoE’s transdisciplinary research draws on Indigenous knowledge practices and conceptual frameworks, which are brought into dialogue with human, social, environmental, and legal sciences.