Contested properties : peoples, plants and politics in post-apartheid South Africa /

This book deals with the values of medicinal plants and associated knowledge(s) in the field of bioprospecting in post-apartheid South Africa. Bioprospecting, the use of genetic or biological resources for commercial purposes, is a profit-oriented enterprise facing new challenges with the rise of hu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rutert, Britta (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, 2020.
Colección:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
Temas:
Since 1994
Medicinal plants > South Africa > 1994-
Biodiversity > South Africa.
Medicine > Research > South Africa.
Intellectual property > South Africa.
Biodiversité > Afrique du Sud.
Médecine > Recherche > Afrique du Sud.
Propriété intellectuelle > Afrique du Sud.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Biodiversity.
Intellectual property.
Medicinal plants.
Medicine > Research.
South Africa.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Chapter I. Opening Pandora's Box: Bioprospecting in South Africa
  • Chapter II. Methodological, Theoretical and Spatial Reflections on Bioprospecting as a Field in Translation
  • Chapter III. Ambiguous Contact Zones: Politics, Economy and the Ethnographer
  • Chapter IV. "Our Knowledge Belongs to Our Ancestors": Topographies of Knowledge and the Question of Property
  • Chapter V. Transformative Science: From Muthi to Chemical Compound
  • Chapter VI. ABS
  • A Stony Path Towards Sharing: The Chances and Challenges of Access and Benefit Sharing
  • Chapter VII. Partial Solution: The Biocultural Community Protocol
  • Chapter VIII. Closing Pandora's Box: Conclusion
  • Bibliography

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