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Contested Properties

Peoples, Plants and Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2020

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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 human rights and biodiversity politics. This new situation has led to claims for political leverage made by indigenous communities, as well as to claims for national and local cultural identity and heritage. The picture presented here contributes to the widely discussed yet so far unresolved question of how to appropriately share benefits, and how to protect indigenous knowledge in this field.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Acronyms and Abbreviations

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    Chapter I. Opening Pandora’s Box: Bioprospecting in South Africa

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    Chapter II. Methodological, Theoretical and Spatial Reflections on Bioprospecting as a Field in Translation

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    Chapter III. Ambiguous Contact Zones: Politics, Economy and the Ethnographer

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    Chapter IV. “Our Knowledge Belongs to Our Ancestors”: Topographies of Knowledge and the Question of Property

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    Chapter V. Transformative Science: From Muthi to Chemical Compound

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    Chapter VI. ABS – A Stony Path Towards Sharing: The Chances and Challenges of Access and Benefit Sharing

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    Chapter VII. Partial Solution: The Biocultural Community Protocol

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    Chapter VIII. Closing Pandora’s Box: Conclusion

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    Bibliography

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September 7, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9783839447949
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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354
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15
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839447949
eBook ISBN: 9783839447949
Keywords for this book
Bioprospecting; Bioprospecting; Medicinal Plants; Medicinal Plants; Traditional Knowledge; Traditional Knowledge; Knowledge Economy; Knowledge Economy; Property; Property; South Africa; South Africa; Nature; Nature; Biopolitics; Biopolitics; Medicine; Medicine; Ethnology; Ethnology; Pharmacy; Pharmacy; Africa; Africa
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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