The Red de Semillas Libres : Contesting Biohegemony in Colombia

Autor:	Elizabeth Fitting, Laura Gutiérrez Escobar
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Archeology Global and Planetary Change Resource (biology) Commodification 050204 development studies 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography Cognitive reframing Technoscience Agricultural biotechnology Intellectual property Economy Sovereignty Anthropology Political science Political economy 0502 economics and business Ethnography 050703 geography
Zdroj:	Journal of Agrarian Change. 16:711-719
ISSN:	1471-0358
DOI:	10.1111/joac.12161
Popis:	The Red de Semillas Libres (Network of Free Seeds) in Colombia contests the expansion of, and dominant narratives on, agricultural biotechnology and intellectual property rights (IPRs) protections on seed – or what has been called ‘biohegemony’. We argue that despite its challenges, the Network contests ‘biohegemony’ through lawsuits, supporting ‘seed sovereignty’, and reframing the often taken-for-granted discourse on local seed varieties as raw material and a resource to be ‘discovered’, ‘invented’ and commodified by industry and Western-based technoscience. Based on ethnographic research, we extend the concept of biohegemony to include struggle and contestation by examining how the Network pursues seed sovereignty.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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