Who Owns Native Culture?
by Michael F. Brown
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Author: Michael F. BrownEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-30
ISBN: 0674016335
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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Book Review: An excellent scholarly work
Summary: 5 Stars
In reading this review, keep in mind that I am a lay person in the truest sense of the word, and so I brought no prior understanding to the subject of "cultural ownership" in reading this book. With that caveat, my review:
In Who Owns Native Culture? Brown successfully combines two philosophical perspectives to the subject: the legal view, and the social/anthropological view. In the legal view, he covers applicable law, and emerging international conventions in several different countries. In the social view, he turns away from the formal rationalism of the law, to the formal irrationality of numerous social views, such as "emotivism". Throughout numerous case studies, he relates the opinion that entirely legal constructs will not work in preserving Native Culture. He thoroughly rejects the idea that a single legal framework can cover all situations, as a result, he promotes the case by case approach of negotiations.
One small problem I had was that in the chapter on Ethnobotany, some sections read like a press release directly from Shaman Pharmaceuticals, touting the superiority of the drug Provir, whose efficacy was in fact minimal. Beyond this, my lack of knowledge of the subject precludes a more comprehensive review.
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