Collaborators collaborating [[electronic resource] ] : counterparts in anthropological knowledge and international research relations / / edited by Monica Konrad

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 301.072
• Soggetto topico: Anthropology - Research; Bioethics - Research; International relations - Research
• Altri autori: KonradMonica
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Intersections and alignments -- pt. 2. Transactions and benefits -- pt. 3. Currencies and imperatives -- pt. 4. Research and ethics -- pt. 5. Alliances and diversity -- pt. 6. Expertises and attributions.
• Sommario/riassunto: As bio-capital in the form of medical knowledge, skills and investments moves with greater frequency from its origin in First World industrialized settings to resource-poor communities with weak or little infrastructure, countries with emerging economies are starting to expand new indigenous science bases of their own. The case studies here, from the UK, West Africa, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Latin America and elsewhere, explore the forms of collaborative knowledge relations in play and the effects of ethics review and legal systems on local communities, and also demonstrate how anthropolog
• Titolo autorizzato: Collaborators collaborating
• ISBN: 1-280-87608-5; 9786613717399; 0-85745-481-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779136103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II