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    World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA)
    Reuter, T ; Callan, H (John Wiley & Sons, 2018-10-05)
    Since the early twentieth century, countless modern anthropological studies have paid tribute to the richness of cultural diversity across societies, as well as highlighting some of the existential conditions we all share as human beings. The discipline has not been able to serve as an undistorted mirror of this unity in diversity, however, because scholars from a few privileged nations have dominated the process of anthropological knowledge construction over most of this period of time. The World Council of Anthropological Associations was founded to overcome this deficit by providing a global platform for free communication and democratic participation in the spirit of a new “world anthropologies” paradigm.
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    Developing Trust: An Integrated Vision for Social and Environmental Sustainability and Justice
    Reuter, T ; Sanz, N ; Tejada, C (UNESCO, 2018)
    This paper addresses the question of how the world can move toward a common vision and procedure for achieving socio-ecological sustainability and justice, rather than suffer a catastrophic collapse of civilization. I begin by arguing that this aim can only be achieved through an integrated and holistic process of transformation of our economy and way of life, and that the knowledge sector will be central to facilitating this process. If we reflect on the current role of science in society, especially in the ecological context of the anthropocene and the political context of post-truth polemics, fulfilling this role will require us to heal the fact-value split that has until now kept science separate from or servile to the realm of political action. Social science can be particularly helpful at this historic juncture, by helping to define the psycho-social prerequisites that must be met in order to develop a common and inclusive vision and action plan for a sustainable and just society. Social science shows that endemic collective action issues can be addressed systemically through dialogue, co-designed planning and cooperation. It is argued that the central challenge on the pathway toward universal and sustained human security is thus the building of trust.