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Indigenous Peoples and Globalisation of Genomics in Amazonia - Flagship Project

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Research Approaches and Methods

  • Ethnographic fieldwork using participatory approaches with the Piaroa (Wothïha) of the Venezuelan Amazon.
  • Analysis of indigenous peoples perspectives on historic cases of intellectual property claims: Ayahuasca (hallucinogen – psychotherapy), curare (arrow poison - anaesthesiology), barbasco (fish poison – heart blocker), Greenheart (antibiotic).
  • Local and national level workshops in collaboration with the Regional Organisation of Indigenous Peoples of Amazonas (ORPIA).
  • Mapping of networks which inform and shape indigenous peoples perspectives on the globalisation of genomics.
  • Interviews with regional and national level institutional actors engaged in plant genomics.
  • Statistical analysis of intellectual property claims surrounding traditional knowledge and plant genomics.
  • Ethnographic fieldwork to examine discourses surrounding knowledge and genetics under the Convention on Biological Diversity.

 

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