Science, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples
The Cultural Politics of Law and Knowledge
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ISBN-13:
9781107675070
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.01.2014
Seiten:
284
Autor:
Laurelyn Whitt
Gewicht:
416 g
Format:
229x152x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
Part I. Biocolonialism as Imperial Science: 1. Imperialism then and now; 2. Indigenous knowledge, power and responsibilities; 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; Conclusions: the politics of knowledge: resistance and recovery.
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