Periagoge
Scenario

When indigenous knowledge becomes intellectual property

My research on traditional medicines could make pharmaceutical companies millions but the indigenous communities I work with will see none of that profit.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The extraction and commodification of traditional knowledge reproduces colonial patterns of exploitation.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous science and ecological knowledge?”

Peri

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