Event Title
Asserting Self-Determination over Cultural Property: Moving Towards Protection of Genetic Material & Indigenous Knowledge
Description
In the face of globalization and diminishing natural resources, Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity is regarded as a vast untapped market by both private and governmental researchers. Dr. Harry will discuss the fundamental conflicts between Indigenous worldviews and values and the globalizing forces that seek to force nature and Indigenous knowledge systems into the global market. She will critique how international forums, including the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Intellectual Property Organization are developing new global standards. Will the standards facilitate the commodification of genetic resources and Indigenous knowledge or promote true conservation and sustainable use? Advocacy efforts are centered upon Indigenous peoples’ right of self-determination and within a human rights framework.
About the Lecturer: Debra Harry, Ph.D. (Kooyooee Dukaddo), member of Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in Nevada, Executive Director of the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism
Document Type
Event
Start Date
6-10-2010 12:00 PM
End Date
6-10-2010 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Genetic regulation; Globalization; Cultural property--Protection; Biodiversity
Subjects – Names (LCNAF)
Convention on Biological Diversity (Organization); World Intellectual Property Organization
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Cultural property, Indigenous knowledge, Biodiversity
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Asserting Self-Determination over Cultural Property: Moving Towards Protection of Genetic Material & Indigenous Knowledge
Fairhaven College Auditorium
In the face of globalization and diminishing natural resources, Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity is regarded as a vast untapped market by both private and governmental researchers. Dr. Harry will discuss the fundamental conflicts between Indigenous worldviews and values and the globalizing forces that seek to force nature and Indigenous knowledge systems into the global market. She will critique how international forums, including the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Intellectual Property Organization are developing new global standards. Will the standards facilitate the commodification of genetic resources and Indigenous knowledge or promote true conservation and sustainable use? Advocacy efforts are centered upon Indigenous peoples’ right of self-determination and within a human rights framework.
About the Lecturer: Debra Harry, Ph.D. (Kooyooee Dukaddo), member of Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in Nevada, Executive Director of the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism
