Justice, transaction, translation: Blackfoot tipi transfers and WIPO's search for the facts of traditional knowledge exchange

American Anthropologist

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 338-349

  Noble, Brian ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commensuration; Instrumentality; Intellectual property; Relationality; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548389414     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2007.109.2.338     Document Type: Article

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