Editing Ethical Space of Engagement

You paused to look out over a vista...
[[File:Vista small.png|thumb|alt=A round shaped collage of Nunavut landscapes photographed during all seasons, with an overlay of a circular calendar]]

A vista is a site from which a particular view is offered. They allow for a prospective ethics, and to make meaningful decisions, when called upon. Vistas nevertheless do not provide all-knowing insights. They are partial perspectives that need to be reconsidered per series of events. 

In this particular case, you are presented with the guiding principles of the ‘Ethical Space of Engagement’ (ESE), as proposed by Sturgeon Lake First Nation elder Willie Ermine.<ref name="multiple">Ermine, W. (2007). The ethical space of engagement. Indigenous Law Journal, 6(1), 193–203.</ref>

The ESE, is a “third space” approach, through which differentiated nations or collectives might negotiate ethical encounters with each other in an ‘ethical’ space that belongs to neither. This third space emerges both through principled practices (like for example negotiating terms of engagement), and as a guiding model for willing partners to re-position themselves, so they can encounter each other from an equitable point of beginning<ref name="multiple" /><ref>Ermine, W. (2015, February). Dancing Particles. In Working Better Together Conference on Indigenous Research Ethics. Vancouver, Canada. Available at: https://indigenousresearchethics2015. wordpress. com/reporting/. Accessed on Feb.2022.</ref><ref>Indigenous Circle of Experts. (2018). We rise together: Achieving Pathway to Canada Target 1 through the creation of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in the spirit and practice of reconciliation. The Indigenous Circle of Experts. Report and Recommendations, 112.</ref>. 

[[File:Ethical Space of Engagement (IISSAAK OLAM FOUNDATION, 2019).png|border|Figure 1: The Ethical Space Diagram<ref>IISAAK OLAM foundation (2019). Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and Ethical Space. Re-used with permission.</ref>]]

When taking the ESE as a guiding principle for ethical knowledge conciliation, ethics become no longer a box to "tick", nor a static end-goal, but rather becomes a practice that requires ongoing negotiation. It is a constant weaving back and forth between the willingness to meet each other in the "in-between", while also respecting and acknowledging each others cultural integrity. 

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