Modernity has helped to popularize, and at the same time threaten, indigeneity.
Anthropologists question both the validity of the concept of indigeneity and the wisdom of …

A major factor driving contemporary concerns about the fate of intangible cultural property is
the rise of the Information Society, which has proven adept at stripping information from the …

Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples
include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination …

In October 2000, Business Day, a leading South African newspaper, published an
extraordinary story. Its title read:“Traditional Leaders Form Private Firm for Investment.” 1 …

Seventeen of the forty chapters included are either new to this edition, rewritten by their
original authors, or edited by Counihan and Van Esterik. A bank of test items applicable to …

'Food sovereignty, must necessarily encompass 'seed sovereignty,. Corporate appropriation
of plant genetic resources, development of transgenic crops and the global imposition of …

Parques temáticos étnicos, casinos de los pueblos originarios de América del Norte, la
marca" Escocia", una religión registrada como propiedad intelectual," bosquimanos" de la …

Corporate appropriation of genetic resources, development and deployment of transgenic
varieties, and the global imposition of intellectual property rights are now widely recognized …

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …

The first critical analysis of how Whiteness drove the opioid crisis. In the past two decades,
media images of the surprisingly white “new face” of the US opioid crisis abounded. But why …