04379nam 22007334a 450 991079141200332120200520144314.01-282-90143-597866129014302-86978-406-62-86978-362-02-86978-280-2(CKB)2560000000051449(EBL)1134981(OCoLC)741350883(SSID)ssj0000438115(PQKBManifestationID)11280982(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438115(PQKBWorkID)10448214(PQKB)10842668(MiAaPQ)EBC1134981(MdBmJHUP)muse21887(Au-PeEL)EBL1134981(CaPaEBR)ebr10333835(CaONFJC)MIL290143(PPN)18733983X(EXLCZ)99256000000005144920071207d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIndigenous knowledge systems and intellectual property in the twenty-first century[electronic resource] perspectives from southern Africa /edited by Isaac N. Mazonde & Pradip ThomasDakar Codesria ;[Gaborone] University of Botswana ;[London, U.K.] World Association for Christian Communicationc20071 online resource (139 p.)Codesria book seriesDescription based upon print version of record.2-86978-194-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter One - Contesting Space and Time: Intellectual Property RIghts and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Research - A Challenge; Chapter Two - Intellectual Property Challenges in Africa: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Fate of Connected Worlds; Chapter Three - Intellectual Property Law and the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge; Chapter Four - Protecting Folklore under Modern Intellectual Property Regimes: Limitations and Alternative Regimes for ProtectionChapter Five - Copyright in the Digital Era and Some Implications for Indigenous KnowledgeChapter Six - The Gods are resting There: Challenges to the Protection of Heritage Sites through Legislation and Local Knowledge; Chapter Seven - The Development of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Policy and Legislation in South Africa: Intellectual Property Implications for Knowledge Holders and Practitioners; Chapter Eight - Intellectual Property Rights and Natural Resources: A Case Study of Harvesters of Medicinal Plants in the North-West Province, South AfricaChapter Nine - Protection and Promotion of Local Music: A Talent that Educates, Entertains and BindsIndex; Back CoverThis volume discusses a number of issues on the contested nature of intellectual property rights (IPR) and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in the context of Southern Africa. The issues addressed include the protection of folklore, IKS in a digital era, the valuation and safeguard of heritage sites, the need for appropriate IKS legislation, community based control of natural resources and the role played by traditional music in the maintenance of community. It is this extensive exploration of IKS from the vantage points of communication and culture, and explored in terms of policy, cultural Codesria book series.Intellectual propertyAfrica, SouthernCongressesTraditional ecological knowledgeLaw and legislationAfrica, SouthernCongressesIndigenous peoplesLegal status, laws, etcAfrica, SouthernCongressesIntellectual propertyTraditional ecological knowledgeLaw and legislationIndigenous peoplesLegal status, laws, etc.306.420968Mazonde Isaac Ncube1554515Thomas Pradip1502351Codesria.University of Botswana.World Association for Christian Communication.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791412003321Indigenous knowledge systems and intellectual property in the twenty-first century3815817UNINA