Science, colonialism, and indigenous peoples : the cultural politics of law and knowledge / Laurelyn Whitt.

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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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72300

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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Intellectual property.

Traditional ecological knowledge -- Law and legislation.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Contents:

Part I. Biocolonialism as imperial science - 1. Imperialism then and now

2. Indigenous knowledge, power, and responsibility

3. Value-neutrality and value-bifurcation : the cultural politics of science

Part II. The human genome diversity project : a case study

4. The rhetoric of research justification

5. Indigenist critiques of biocolonialism

Part III. Legitimation : the rule and role of law

6. The commodification of knowledge

7. Intellectual property rights as means and mechanism of imperialism

8. Transforming sovereignties.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9780521119535

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xviii, 265 p. ; 24 cm