What if the subaltern speaks? Traditional knowledge policies in Brazil and India

This article explores the success chances of subaltern political agency. Empirically, it investigates how indigenous groups can prevent unwanted access to their traditional knowledge regarding biological resources. The article compares indigenous politics in Brazil and India. Brazilian movements eff...

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Published inThird world quarterly Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 96 - 112
Main Author Eimer, Thomas R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 02.01.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Brazil
Disclosure
India
Indigenous peoples
Knowledge
Political movements
Politics
postcolonial studies
Postcolonialism
Regulation
social movement theory
Social movements
Subaltern identities
Brazil
India
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Summary:This article explores the success chances of subaltern political agency. Empirically, it investigates how indigenous groups can prevent unwanted access to their traditional knowledge regarding biological resources. The article compares indigenous politics in Brazil and India. Brazilian movements effectively defend regulations to deny the disclosure of their knowledge, whereas comparable demands of the Adivasis in India have remained fairly neglected. To explain these differences, the article connects the insights of social movements and postcolonial theories. It shows that a synopsis of both literatures helps to explain both the potential and the limitations of indigenous political agency.
ISSN:0143-6597
1360-2241
DOI:10.1080/01436597.2019.1650639