Contested Properties : : Peoples, Plants and Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa / / Britta Rutert.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Kultur und soziale Praxis
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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