Trips and Traditional Knowledge: Local Communities, Local Knowledge, and Global Intellectual Property Frameworks (Trips Symposium)

Arewa, Olufunmilayo B.

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“…Biopiracy is not limited to the agricultural sector. According to Arewa (2006), "narratives of appropriation are typically told with respect to three broad [but interrelated] categories: Agriculture and medicinal and other plants, expressive culture, and other commercial uses" (p. 170).…”

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Tension on the Farm Fields: The Death of Traditional Agriculture?

Oguamanam

2007

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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Taking into account the historic transitions and progressions in agricultural science, this article examines the emergence of the phenomenon of agricultural biotechnology. It identifies pivotal sites of tension between agricultural biotechnology and alternative approaches to agriculture. The article identifies two distinct sources of contemporary social tension around agricultural science. First, it identifies the epistemological fault line and examines how the latter is promoted by intellectual property. Second, it spotlights the gene-wandering syndrome-a byproduct of genetic modification-and evaluates its impact on the escalating tension in our agricultural communities. Drawing from recent court decisions in Canada, the article recognizes the present urgency for a better jurisprudence and practical regulatory policy on aspects of agricultural biotechnology to mediate current tensions in those communities. It argues that judicial and policy response must be predicated on recognition of agroepistemic pluralism and an understanding of broader socioeconomic impact of agro-biotechnology on alternative forms of agriculture.

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Tension on the Farm Fields: The Death of Traditional Agriculture?

Oguamanam

2007

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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“…Whereas more conventional approaches focus on the structural dynamics of the international system and the function of material power in facilitating these dynamics (see literature review), postcolonial scholars connect contemporary power structures to the colonial past. Identifying an association between social power and its material effects, for instance, Olufunmilayo Arewa (2006) argues that the constitution of self-other identities during the colonial period enabled Europeans to construct hierarchies of power that justified the exercise of their material power in the non-European world. Furthermore, Arewa (2006) observes that the long-term legacy of this exercise was the creation of a balance of power;…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Identifying an association between social power and its material effects, for instance, Olufunmilayo Arewa (2006) argues that the constitution of self-other identities during the colonial period enabled Europeans to construct hierarchies of power that justified the exercise of their material power in the non-European world. Furthermore, Arewa (2006) observes that the long-term legacy of this exercise was the creation of a balance of power;…”

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“…In terms of its actual capacity to afford Indigenous peoples protection of their traditional knowledge however, the property standards; such as ensuring that the term of a copyright is at least 50 years and that a patent is enforceable for up to 20 years. As Olufunmilayo Arewa (2006) observes, however, TRIPS is widely perceived as a state-based agreement that safeguards corporate interests, and limits the capacity of developing states from pursuing their knowledge-based interests. In the context of developing countries, for instance, TRIPS has been accused of preventing low-income countries from 171 The Suva Statement is the final statement from the United Nations Development Program consultation on Indigenous peoples' knowledge and intellectual property; the statement "was prepared by the participants at the Regional Consultation on Indigenous Peoples' Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights held in April 1995 in Suva, Fiji."…”

Section: Civilization and The Governance Of Indigenous Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Speaking to the issue of imperialism, Arewa (2006) suggests that many of the negative implications that TRIPS holds for developing states are rooted in the colonial past. She argues that the negotiation of TRIPS evidences hierarchies of culture that originated with the discourse on civilization, contrasting the civilized self against the uncivilized other.…”

Section: Civilization and The Governance Of Indigenous Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

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Indigenous Peoples, Civilization and the Expansion of International Society: An 'Inter-Societal Perspective

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Until recently, the expansion of international society has been depicted as the linear projection of European norms and values into the non-European world; specifically, Westphalian norms and values. Increasingly however, critical English School scholars -amongst others -have begun to critique this perspective, noting that the evolution of international society has been constituted through the interaction between expanding European empires and the non-European peoples they came into contact with. Edward Keene (2002), for instance, argues that the norms and values that underpin international society are the product of imperialism. Problematically however, many of these accounts tend to overlook the long-term negative effects of these norms and values, focusing instead on how they established the foundations for a cosmopolitan society of states. This dissertation reflects critically on these types of arguments, through an historical analysis of Indigenousstate relations. Specifically, it asks: What role have state-Indigenous relations had in constructing the colonial legacies of the discourse on civilization? And, what are the implications of this for understanding the relationship between international and world society in International Relations theory? Through this analysis, this dissertation contribute to IR theory in three ways: 1) by supplementing the English School's focus on intra-societal relations with greater attention paid to 'intersocietal' relations; 2) by establishing a space for dialogue between the English School and Postcolonialism; and 3) by 'decolonizing' English School theory, challenging its Eurocentric and state-centric assumptions.iii

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Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore: Locating India in the Global Framework

Babu

2018

Locating India in the Contemporary International Legal Order

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Trips and Traditional Knowledge: Local Communities, Local Knowledge, and Global Intellectual Property Frameworks (Trips Symposium)

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Tension on the Farm Fields: The Death of Traditional Agriculture?

Tension on the Farm Fields: The Death of Traditional Agriculture?

Indigenous Peoples, Civilization and the Expansion of International Society: An 'Inter-Societal Perspective

Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore: Locating India in the Global Framework

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