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THE CORNELL PLURALISM PROJECT
An international group of scholars from many different disciplines is currently engaged in a project aimed to develop an enriched concept of pluralism. As currently understood, pluralism, by acknowledging diversity, seeks to address the structural and relational nature of power and knowledge between varieties of socio-cultural groupings. At the core of the concept of pluralism, as currently applied, is the idea that a multiplicity of human perspectives informs ‘reality’. We believe that the current restriction confining the discussion of pluralism to the normative agenda of sustaining the myriad of cultural mosaics of human societies, and the concept of a division between nature and culture are poorly suited to develop successful strategies to engage complex problems such as energy sustainability, climatic change, sustainable livelihoods, food sovereignty, indigenous rights, and multiple ways of knowing. The idea of pluralism needs to be enriched not only in its cultural dimensions but also its ecological and historical dimensions. Moreover, the mutual relationship between ecological and cultural diversity is largely unexplored.
We conducted a workshop in May 2009 bringing together scholars and students from the social, biological and physical sciences, as well as the humanities to discuss an enriched notion of pluralism. We are currently preparing the results of this workshop for publication but will continue to pursue the articulation of an enriched concept of pluralism and the development of integrated research agendas. At present this conversation is restricted to workshop participants but we plan to broaden our discussion using multiple forums as soon as documents are developed.
Our current work is sponsored by the Cornell Institute for the Social Sciences http://www.socialsciences.cornell.edu/, and the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future http://www.sustainablefuture.cornell.edu/.