Geismar Treasured Possessions

Indigenous Interventions into Cultural and Intellectual Property
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9970-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 321 Seiten

Reihe: Objects/Histories

The indigenous peoples of the Pacific nations of Vanuatu and New Zealand are reconfiguring global cultural and intellectual property regimes as they successfully advance claims to ancestral practices such as ephemeral sand drawings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Geismar, Haidy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz allg., Marken- und Kennzeichenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

1. Introduction: Culture, Property, Indigeneity 1

2. Mapping the Terrain 25

3. Indigeneity and Law in the Pacific 45

4. Copyright in Context: Carvers, Carvings, and Commodities in Vanuatu 61

5. Trademarking Maori: Aesthetics and Appropriation in Aotearoa New Zealand 89

6. Pacific Museology and Indigenous Property Theory 121

7. Treasured Commodities: Taonga at Auction 151

8. Pig Banks: Imagining the Economy in Vanuatu 175

Conclusion 207

Notes 217

References 249

Index 283

Über Autor(innen)

Haidy Geismar is Lecturer in Digital Anthropology and Material Culture at University College London, and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies at New York University. She is coauthor (with Anita Herle) of Moving Images: John Layard, Fieldwork, and Photography on Malakula since 1914 and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Cultural Property.