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[pt] O presente trabalho pretende analisar a relação entre o conhecimento tradicional (CT) e a propriedade intelectual (PI), notadamente o uso do sistema de PI como forma de proteção e de agregação de valor aos produtos e serviços oriundos do saber tradicional. Partindo de uma análise das tentativas classificatórias de CT ao longo do tempo por Autores e estudiosos da sociologia, antropologia e direito e observando o disposto na Convenção da Diversidade Biológica (CDB); na lei de propriedade industrial brasileira (Lei número 9.279/96); na lei brasileira de número 13.123/15, que internalizou a CDB; bem como nos diversos outros tratados internacionais que tratam sobre o tema; é possível afirmar que não há um consenso sobre o conceito de CT e que o arcabouço jurídico internacional para a proteção deste saber é incompleto e fragmentado. A aplicação do sistema de PI possui aspectos positivos e negativos, entretanto ainda é mais desejável do que o sistema de repartição de benefícios de forma isolada, em que povos tradicionais são meramente recompensados pelo uso dos seus saberes e não são vistos como autores/titulares de direitos. Desse modo, conclui-se que (i) a inclusão dos povos tradicionais como sujeitos ativos de direito é questão urgente; (ii) a regulação do CT deve ser feita de dentro para fora; e (iii) a normatização do CT é complexa e demanda pensar em formas alternativas de proteção (mecanismos sui generis), para além da PI. / [en] The present thesis intends to analyze the relationship between traditional knowledge (TK) and intellectual property (IP), especially the use of the IP system as a means of protecting and adding value to the products and services derived from traditional knowledge. Based on an analysis of attempts to classify TK over time by authors and scholars of sociology, anthropology, and law, and also noting the provisions of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), the Brazilian industrial property law (Law No. 9279/96), the Brazilian law No. 13123/15, which internalized the CBD, as well as several other international treaties in regards to this matter, it is possible to state that there is no consensus on the concept of TK and that the international legal framework for the protection of this knowledge is incomplete and fragmented. The application of IP system has positive and negative aspects, however it is still more desirable than the benefit sharing system itself, in which traditional peoples are merely rewarded for the use of their knowledge and are not seen as authors/owners of IP rights. Thus, we conclude that (i) the inclusion of traditional peoples as active subjects of rights is an urgent matter; (ii) the regulation of TK must be done from an inside out perspective; and (iii) the standardization of TK is complex and demands alternative forms of protection (sui generis mechanisms), beyond the IP system.

Cette étude utilise la base de données à 100% du recensement de 1901, rendue disponible par le projet Le peuple canadien, pour faire une analyse descriptive des arrangements résidentiels des Autochtones du Canada au début du 20e siècle. La province du Manitoba a été sélectionnée pour une étude de cas. Le premier objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer la capacité du recensement de 1901 à représenter la réalité des ménages autochtones et son deuxième objectif est de faire une analyse descriptive des arrangements résidentiels des ménages autochtones, pour l’ensemble de la province ainsi que selon le district de résidence et l’âge et le sexe des individus. Une comparaison est aussi faite avec les ménages non-autochtones. Les principaux résultats sont que le recensement de 1901 permet aux chercheurs de représenter des ménages autochtones, mais représente seulement partiellement la population autochtone et peut tendre à moins bien représenter les ménages complexes. De plus, le ménage nucléaire est le plus important arrangement résidentiel, pour les Autochtones comme pour les non-Autochtones. Cependant, parmi les autres ménages, ceux comprenant de la famille étendue restent plus communs pour les Autochtones. Plusieurs facteurs laissent tout de même penser que le ménage nucléaire est surreprésenté chez les Autochtones, en raison notamment de biais de la source de données dans sa couverture de la population autochtone et dans sa représentation de leurs ménages. / This research exploits the 1901 Census 100% database, made available by the project The Canadian Peoples, to do a descriptive analysis of the living arrangements of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada at the beginning of the 20th century. The province of Manitoba has been selected for a case study. This research first aims to assess the capacity of the 1901 census to represent the reality of Indigenous households and also aims to do a descriptive analysis of the living arrangements of Indigenous households, for the whole province as well as for the district of residence and the age and sex of the individuals. A comparison is also made with non-Indigenous households. The main results are that the 1901 census allows researchers to represent Indigenous households, but only partially covers the Indigenous population and can tend to represent less accurately complex households. Moreover, the nuclear family household is the most common living arrangement, both for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Nonetheless, among other households thosethat include extended family are more common for Indigenous people. Other factors do, however, seem to indicate that the nuclear family household is overrepresented for Indigenous people, notably because of the bias of the data source in its coverage of the Indigenous population as well as its representation of their households.

Bibliography: leaves 651-699. "Through case studies of three emerging economies - Ecuador, Nigeria and Russia - this thesis analyses the factors present to a greater or lesser degree in emerging economies, such as severe foreign indebtedness and the absence of the rule of law, that undermine the effectiveness of the legal system in protecting indigenous peoples from oil exploitation. Having identified these factors, I propose that a dual approach to the protection of indigenous peoples' traditional lands and their environment be adopted, whereby international laws that set out the rights of indigenous peoples and place duties on states in this regard, are reinforced and translated into practice through the self-regulation of the international oil industry through a voluntary code of conduct for oil companies seeking to operate on indigenous peoples' traditional lands."

Bibliography: leaves 651-699. / 2 v. (x, 699 leaves) : col. map ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / "Through case studies of three emerging economies - Ecuador, Nigeria and Russia - this thesis analyses the factors present to a greater or lesser degree in emerging economies, such as severe foreign indebtedness and the absence of the rule of law, that undermine the effectiveness of the legal system in protecting indigenous peoples from oil exploitation. Having identified these factors, I propose that a dual approach to the protection of indigenous peoples' traditional lands and their environment be adopted, whereby international laws that set out the rights of indigenous peoples and place duties on states in this regard, are reinforced and translated into practice through the self-regulation of the international oil industry through a voluntary code of conduct for oil companies seeking to operate on indigenous peoples' traditional lands." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Law, 2001

Documented value of indigenous knowledge (IK) in the lives of communities raises the need to facilitate its accessibility. Public libraries in South Africa can play an important role in facilitating access to this knowledge by integrating it into their services. Apart from positively contributing to the quality of lives of indigenous communities, integration of IK would result in the provision of inclusive and transformed library services. The purpose of this study was to explore how public libraries in South Africa may integrate IK into their services. Located within the critical theory paradigm, a qualitative multiple-case study was conducted among four purposefully selected provincial library services in South Africa. Directors of the selected provincial library services were interviewed. Collection development policies of the selected libraries were also analysed to determine the extent of their alignment with the provision of IK. Atlas.ti. was used to analyse data thematically. Findings revealed that libraries have not integrated IK into their services. Furthermore, collection development policies were not aligned to the provision of IK. Factors contributing to non-integration of IK in public libraries included the perception that librarians did not seem to regard IK as within their purview but rather an aspect for archival institutions. Non- alignment of policies to IK integration, content that is not accessible to indigenous communities and dwindling funding for library services provision also emerged as contributory factors. It was concluded that the hegemony of western knowledge continued to marginalise IK, possibly contributing to its non-integration. A framework based on principles of community involvement, inclusivity, access and transformation was recommended for integrating IK into services of public libraries. It was recommended that public librarians, as stakeholders in the transformation of library services need to engage in the IK discourse in order to enhance their ability to provide inclusive services. The importance of involving communities in defining IK according to their contexts to enable meaningful integration into library services was highlighted. A need to expand the study to other provinces in South Africa to determine librarians’ understanding and views regarding integration of IK was identified. / Information Science / D. Litt. et Phil. (Information Science)

Cette thèse porte sur les représentations des peuples autochtones du Nord forgées par les films et téléfilms soviétiques de fiction. Mobilisant plusieurs approches — l’analyse filmique, l’histoire culturelle du cinéma, l’histoire des représentations et l’histoire politique soviétique —, elle confronte les films à des sources non-films (presse, archives papier, entretiens), afin de mettre en lumière la construction d’une subjectivité et d’un regard. Il s’agit également de décortiquer la fabrication des représentations, dans ses dimensions à la fois les plus concrètes et les plus symboliques. En ce sens, la question de la participation ou de la non-participation des autochtones à la création de leur image filmique, que ce soit devant ou derrière la caméra, constitue une autre interrogation centrale. Les représentations filmiques des peuples du Nord, tiraillées en permanence entre visions du « progrès » et de l’« authenticité », opèrent à l’écran comme autant d’images qui permettent à l’Union soviétique d’évaluer sa propre perception de la modernité. Des années 1920 aux années 1980, les figures cinématographiques autochtones circulent entre deux pôles d’un continuum, qui va de l’incarnation d’une arriération à éliminer au nom de la soviétisation à celle d’une harmonie avec la nature, désormais perdue ou menacée. Par ailleurs, en prenant en compte la question de la contribution des autochtones à la création de leur propre image, cette thèse s’attache à montrer que le film constitue un espace complexe, où plusieurs lectures et usages sont possibles selon la position des participants. / This thesis focuses on the representations of indigenous peoples of the North in Soviet fiction films and made for TV movies. Mobilizing several approaches — film analysis, the cultural history of cinema, the history of representations and Soviet political history — it confronts films with non-film sources (press, paper archives, interviews) in order to highlight the construction of a subjective point of view. It also studies the production of these representations, in both its most concrete and symbolic dimensions. The issue of the participation or non-participation of indigenous peoples in the creation of their image on film, whether in front of or behind the camera, is another central question. The filmic representations of the peoples of the North, constantly torn between visions of “progress” and “authenticity,” operate on the screen as images that allowed the Soviet Union to evaluate its own perception of modernity. From the 1920s to the 1980s, images of indigenous people shifted along a spectrum ranging from the incarnation of backwardness to be eliminated in the name of Sovietization to the embodiment of harmony with nature, now lost or threatened. Moreover, taking into account the question of the contribution of the indigenous people to the creation of their own image, this thesis demonstrates that cinema became a complex space, where different readings and uses were possible according to the position of the participants.

The repatriation of the human remains of Indigenous peoples collected within a colonial context has been the subject of debate within UK museums over the last 30 years, with many museums now having returned human remains to their countries of origin. Although the repatriation of human remains is often characterised as the 'journey home', there has been a lack of consideration of the physical presence and mobility of the remains and the meanings created as they move through different spaces. This study uses the repatriations from The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) to Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii as case studies to consider three key areas: (i) the impact of repatriation on museum landscapes; (ii) the journey of the repatriated remains and how this mobility intersects with wider discussions about restitution, sovereignty, identity, relatedness, memory and memorialisation; and (iii) the repatriation archives, how they are thought about by the institutions that hold them and their future potential and meaning within a post-colonial context. Taking a more-than-representational approach and engaging with the materiality, mobility and agency of the repatriated remains and the documentation that relates to them, this study bridges the gap between research considering the approach of museums to repatriation, and ethnographic studies on the meanings of the return of ancestral remains to individual communities. Combining work on museum geographies, deathscapes and absence opens up new ways of theorising and discussing repatriation through understanding the process in terms of the tension between absence and presence, and human remains as being in or out of place. Through engaging with the materiality and agency of the remains and viewing repatriation through a spatial lens, this thesis deals with aspects of the process that have received little attention in previous studies, foregrounding the challenging nature of repatriation for communities, the issues around unprovenanced remains, and discussions about the control, management and meaning of information and data, identifying that a significant legacy of repatriation for RCS is the documentation the museum continues to hold. What the journey of the ancestral remains repatriated by RCS illustrates is the emotive materiality of the remains, and agency that they and the distributed repatriation archive have as actors within social networks. It is therefore proposed that the concept of repatriation as having problematised human remains collections within UK museums is replaced with a nuanced and contextually sensitive understanding that recognises the role of the human remains in social interactions that impact on the emotional geographies of museum practice, and that rather than framing repatriation as post-colonial act that is either political or therapeutic, the return of ancestral remains be understood as part of a process of decolonisation in which there is space for discussion, disagreement and debate amongst all stakeholders.

Ce mémoire vise à mieux comprendre les débats politiques concernant la participation des peuples autochtones à la prise de décision en matière de développement du territoire et des ressources dans le contexte de l’évaluation d’impact au Canada. Si l’évaluation d’impact est perçue comme un mécanisme au sein duquel se matérialisent les droits autochtones (dont l’obligation de consulter de la Couronne), les principaux acteurs de ces processus (gouvernement fédéral, promoteurs des projets et groupes autochtones) ne semblent pas s’entendre sur la signification et la portée des normes en matière de participation autochtone, en particulier sur le consentement préalable, libre et éclairé (CPLE). Par une analyse du discours de ces intervenants dans le cadre des travaux parlementaires menant à l’adoption de la Loi sur l’évaluation d’impact (2019), cette recherche révèle trois conceptions principales de la place des Autochtones dans les processus de prise de décision de l’évaluation d’impact : procédurale, partenariale et fondée sur l’autodétermination. Ce mémoire met aussi en évidence d’importantes différences en ce qui concerne les attentes face au modèle de participation et plus spécifiquement sur l’interprétation du CPLE. Ces différences reposent en grande partie sur la façon dont ceux-ci conçoivent l’autorité décisionnelle en matière de gouvernance territoriale au Canada. Pour les intervenants gouvernementaux et autochtones, les conceptions en matière de participation et d’autorité décisionnelle s’appuient sur des fondements juridiques. En revanche, pour l’industrie, la justification de la participation des Autochtones est davantage de nature économique et liée à son impact sur l’approbation des projets. / This thesis aims to better understand the political debates regarding Indigenous peoples’ participation in land and resource decision-making in the context of impact assessment in Canada. While impact assessment is viewed as a mechanism through which Indigenous rights (including the Crown's duty to consult) are realized, the actors in these processes (federal government authorities, project promoters and indigenous groups) do not seem to agree on the meaning and scope of Indigenous participation norms, notably regarding free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). Through discourse analysis of these actors within the framework of the parliamentary work leading to the adoption of the Impact Assessment Act (2019), this research reveals three main conceptions of the place of Indigenous peoples in impact assessment decision-making processes: procedural, partnership and based on self-determination. This thesis also highlights important differences in terms of expectations regarding the type of participation and more specifically on FPIC interpretations. These differences are largely based on how they conceive decision-making authority in matters of territorial governance in Canada. For the government and the Indigenous actors, notions of participation and decision-making authority are based on legal foundations. In contrast, for the industry, the rationale behind Indigenous participation is rather economic and linked to its impact on project approval.

Thesis (M. Tech.) -- Central University of Technology, Free State