Burfitt, B., and M. Heathcote. "Valuing footsteps--towards a valuation model of indigenous knowledge and cultural expression for the sustainability of indigenous people's culture." Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 9.5 (2014): 383-88. Web.
My topic is basically looking at different indigenous cultures around the world and understanding that they have been here much longer, as a group, so they know more about how the world works. This particular article is from Oxford Academic, written by Brian Burfett and Marion Heathcote, and it was found through searching in Westerns Library online. As I have been reading it a lot of things have stood out as interesting and surprising. First of all, this resource is from a Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice so it is a bit different than I am used to because I have never read something like this.
It speaks on Indigenous Cultural Property and how we want to get the information from them on how to live but just taking pieces of what they know will not give us what we want. Everything works in a system and especially in an indigenous culture there is a certain holistic way that they work so in order for us to replicate that we need to look at every part of this system, if that is even possible. Another problem is that we can't just take from another culture and call it ours, as much as we have forced our own "culture" on indigenous people for years, it wouldn't be right to turn the tables. There are a lot of logistical problems that we must address in looking into indigenous knowledge.
My sources sources are very reputable, it is a scholarly journal after all.
Brie, I'm excited about your topic! I look forward to hearing more :)
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