Exploitable knowledge belongs to the creators of it: A debate

Social Anthropology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-126

  Strathern, Marilyn ^a   Carneiro Da Cunha, Manuela ^a   Descola, Philippe ^a   Afonso, Carlos Alberto ^a   Harvey, Penelope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84933478389     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.1998.tb00385.x     Document Type: Article

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