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Science, colonialism, and indigenous peoples : the cultural politics of law and knowledge
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Science, colonialism, and indigenous peoples : the cultural politics of law and knowledge / Laurelyn Whitt.
ISBN
9780521119535 (hardback)
0521119537 (hardback)
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
xviii, 265 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 06, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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
Conclusion: The politics of knowledge : resistance and recovery.
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