Whitt, Laurelyn.

S186

Science, colonialism, and indigenous peoples the cultural politics of law and knowledge / Laurelyn Whitt. . — Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009..

xviii, 265 p. 24 cm.

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.

9780521119535 (hbk.) :0521119537 (hbk.) :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.
Intellectual property.
Traditional ecological knowledge--Law and legislation.
Sociological jurisprudence.