Transactions creations property debates (8 Ergebnisse)

2004. South Pacific. Berghahn Books. 230p., fine boards, no jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. First Edition. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the glossy pictorial covers, bright interior, unmarked. Contributions by the two editors, Eric Hirsch and Marilyn Strathern, then also by Stuart Kirsch, Lawrence Kalinoe, Melissa Damian, Tony Crook, James Leach and Karen Sykes. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiv, 230 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. …

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Relevant, accessible survey of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Cultural Property Rights (CPR) debates mostly set in Melanesia. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers beyond some bleed-through from rear card-stock panel to fore-edges, dissipating, previous owner's ink-stamp at title page, else clean and unmarked text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. From the publisher's blurb, "In the early 21st century, intellectual and cultural resources emerge on all sides as candidates for ownership claims. Members of an anthropological research team investigating emergent economic relations in a part of the world renowned for its innovative approach to resources and transactions, wish to open up the vocabulary." Contributions by Eric Hirsch, Marilyn Strathern, Stuart Kirsch, Melissa Demian, Lawrence Kalinoe, Marilyn Strathern, Tony Crook, Karen Sykes, James Leach and Eric Hirsch. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiv [2], 2-230 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

xv + 230pp, index, bibliography, note on contributors, sticker remnant upper free endpaper, otherwise very good hardback copy. "In the early 21st century, intellectual and cultural resources emerge on all sides as candidates for ownership claims. Members of an anthropological research team investigating emergent conomic relations in a part of the world renowned for its innovative approach to resources and transactions, wish to open up the vocabulary. In this unique volume, they bring an unexpected comparative perspective to global debates on intellectual and cultural property rights (IPR and CPR). The contributors bring from Melanesia their collective experience of people initiating, limiting and rationalizing claims through transactions in ways that challenge many of the assumptions behind the international language. In a bold theoretical move, ?property? is put alongside two other terms: ?transactions? and ?creations.? The former have a place in the anthropological tradition that now needs to be brought into the foreground. In turn, increasing interest in protecting intellectual and cultural resources means that questions about creativity have suddenly become pertinent to what is or is not being transacted. Yet is creativity a special preoccupation of modernity? How are we to talk about people?s creative practices, when innovation becomes the basis for ownership claims? This book is full of surprises!" - Publisher's description.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. owner's name in pen, else As New. xiv, 230 pages ; 23 cm. Contents: Property limits : debates on the body, nature and culture / Stuart Kirsch Legal options for the regulation of intellectual and cultural property in Papua New Guinea / Lawrence Kalinoe Seeing, knowing, owning : property claims as revelatory acts / Melissa Demian Transactions : an analytical foray / Marilyn Strathern Transactions in perpetual motion / Tony Crook Negotiating interests in culture / Karen Sykes Modes of creativity / James Leach Boundaries of creation : the work of credibility in science and ceremony / Eric Hirsch. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 230 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 208 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.