Science, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples : the Cultural Politics of Law and Knowledge.

Science, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples : the Cultural Politics of Law and Knowledge.

This book examines how contemporary relations between Indigenous and Western nations are shaped by the dynamics of power, the politics of property, and the apologetics of law.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Whitt, Laurelyn
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. Intellectual property. Traditional ecological knowledge > Law and legislation. Sociological jurisprudence. intellectual property. Intellectual property Sociological jurisprudence Traditional ecological knowledge > Law and legislation
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Table of Contents:

Imperialism then and now
Indigenous Knowledge, power, and responsibility
Value-neutrality and value-bifurcation : the cultural politics of science
The rhetoric of research justification
Indigenist critiques of biocolonialism
The commodification of knowledge
Intellectual property rights as means and mechanism of imperialism
Transforming sovereignties.