Patenting nature or protecting culture? Ethnopharmacology and indigenous intellectual property rights

被引:17
作者
McGonigle, Ian Vincent [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Ctr Middle Eastern Studies, Dept Anthropol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Program Sci Technol & Soc, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Tel Aviv Univ, Edmond J Safra Ctr Eth, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
来源
JOURNAL OF LAW AND THE BIOSCIENCES | 2016年 / 3卷 / 01期
关键词
Epistemological pluralism; Ethnopharmacology; indigenous rights; intellectual property rights; traditional ecological knowledge; DRUG DISCOVERY; SOCIOCULTURAL PROBLEMS; GENETIC-RESOURCES; DEFINITION; MEDICINE; ACCESS; USAGE; LAW;
D O I
10.1093/jlb/lsw003
中图分类号
B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
学科分类号
摘要
Ethnopharmacologists are scientists and anthropologists that study indigenous medicines and healing practices, and who often develop new therapies and medicines for wider use. Ethnopharmacologists do fieldwork with indigenous peoples in traditional societies, where they encounter a wide range of cultural values and varying ideas about the nature of property relations. This poses difficulties for protecting indigenous intellectual property and for making just trade agreements. This Note reviews the legal issues relevant to the protection of indigenous resources in ethnopharmacology trade agreements, and suggests that recent developments in anthropology and the social study of science could be instructive in furthering the legal discourse and in providing policy directions. Specifically, the Note introduces the concepts of 'ontological pluralism' and 'epistemic subsidiarity', which could help lawmakers write sui generis trade agreements to better protect indigenous knowledge and resources.
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