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Numerous historians of science have documented the vital role of late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century science as a part of statecraft, a means of extending empire. This book follows imperialism into the present, demonstrating how pursuit of knowledge of the natural world impacts, and is impacted by, indigenous peoples rather than nation-states.  \nIn extractive biocolonialism, the valued genetic resources and associated agricultural and medicinal knowledge of indigenous peoples are sought, legally converted into private intellectual property, transformed into commodities, and then placed for sale in genetic marketplaces. Science, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples critically examines these developments, demonstrating how contemporary relations between indigenous and western knowledge systems continue to be shaped by the dynamics of power, the politics of property, and the apologetics of law.  \nLaurelyn Whitt received a Ph.D. in Philosophy, with a specialization in Philosophy of Science, from the University of Western Ontario. She teaches Native Studies and Philosophy at Brandon University and has held visiting appointments in the Department of Maori Studies, University of Auckland; the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University; the University of Notre Dame Law School; and Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor Whitt is the coauthor (with Alan W. Clarke) of The Bitter Fruit ofAmerican Justice and the author of Interstices, a collection of poetry that won the 2005 Holland Poetry Prize.  \nScience, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples  \nTHE CULTURAL POLITICS OF LAW AND KNOWLEDGE  \nLaurelyn Whitt Brandon University  \nCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS  \nCambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo  \nCambridge University Press  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK  \nPublished in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York  \n[www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nInformation on this [title: www.cambridge.org/9780521119535](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521119535)[ ](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521119535)© Laurelyn Whitt 2009  \nThis publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.  \nFirst published in print format ISBN-13 978-0-511-65156-4 ISBN-13 978-0-521-11953-5  \n2009  \neBook (NetLibrary)  \nHardback  \nCambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.  \nThis book is dedicated to Waerete Norman.  \nE te hoa o nga¨ wa¨hine wha¨nui o te ao, takoto mai ra¨ i to¨ waka o te mate.  \nE te karanga maha,  \ne te kaipupuri i te mana wahine o te Tai Tokerau, moe mai ra¨ i waenga i nga¨ koiwi o o¨u ma¨tua, tu¨puna.  \nKa tangi tonu atu ra¨ mo¨ te rironga horo atu, ka¨hore nei i tatari kia rongo ano¨  \ni te tangi a te p¨ıp¨ıwharauroa o te koanga, i te tangi a te ta¨tarakihi o te raumati.  \nKua moe ra¨ to tinana,  \nkua whakangaro atu to wairua ki tua o Te Arai, ki tua atu o Te Reinga,  \nki Hawaiki wairua.  \nTakoto mai ra¨, moea te moenga roa e Waireti, te moenga te¨ whakaarahia.  \nPai ma¨rire.  \n– Patu Hohepa  \nThe dream of reason did not take power into account.  \n– Paul Starr1  \n1 Paul Starr, The Social Transformation of American Medicine (New York: Basic Books, 1982): 3.  \nContents  \nPreface page ix Acknowledgments xi  \nFirst Words xiii  \nPART I. BIOCOLONIALISM AS IMPERIAL SCIENCE 1  \n1 Imperialism Then a","cbCaibgbvkp4HHXe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibgbvkp4HHXe","pdf",1936024,285,"English","# Preface\n# Acknowledgments\n# First Words\n# PART I. BIOCOLONIALISM AS IMPERIAL SCIENCE\n## 1 Imperialism Then and Now\n## 2 Indigenous Knowledge, Power, and Responsibility\n## 3 Value-Neutrality and Value-Bifurcation: The Cultural Politics of Science\n# PART II. THE HUMAN GENOME DIVERSITY PROJECT: A CASE STUDY\n## 4 The Rhetoric of Research Justification\n## 5 Indigenist Critiques of Biocolonialism\n# PART III. LEGITIMATION: THE RULE AND ROLE OF LAW\n## 6 The Commodification of Knowledge\n## 7 Intellectual Property Rights as Means and Mechanism of Imperialism\n## 8 Transforming Sovereignties\n# Conclusion – The Politics of Knowledge: Resistance and Recovery\n# Bibliography\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What core argument does the book advance about science and colonialism?\",\"answer\":\"The book shows that late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century science functioned as statecraft and that imperial pursuits of knowledge continue to affect Indigenous peoples in the present. 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