ABSTRACT

The Geographical Indications of India Act requires a detailed description of ‘authorized users’ and ‘producers’ without concern for how these ‘producers’/ ‘authorized users’ are identified and what are the outcomes of such identification. Artisans identified as producers of GI registered ‘Cheriyal Painting’ of Telangana primarily belong to one genetically related family. Apart from members of the Danalakota household, GI also enumerates families of apprentices as ‘producers’. This article will highlight two things. First, it will demonstrate the way in which identification of ‘producers’/ ‘authorized users’ replicates not only the relational worlds within which producers exist but also the ‘obligations and moral imperatives’ embedded within those relations. Second, identifying oneself as a ‘producer’/ ‘authorized user’ requires distinguishing and individualizing one’s relatedness with the Danalakota family; promises of welfare by the state then become accessible only by becoming kin and distinguishing oneself as kin.

摘要

《印度地理标志法》要求对“授权用户”和“生产者”进行详细描述，而不必担心如何识别这些“生产者” /“授权用户”以及这种识别的结果。被确定为Telangana的“ Cheriyal Painting”地理标志生产者的工匠主要属于一个与遗传相关的家族。除了Danalakota家庭成员外，GI还列举了学徒家庭为“生产者”。本文将重点介绍两件事。首先，它将证明“生产者” /“授权用户”的识别不仅复制了生产者所处的关系世界，而且还复制了嵌入在这些关系中的“义务和道德要求”。第二，将自己确定为“生产者” /“授权用户”需要区分和个性化与Danalakota家族的亲戚关系；国家的福利承诺只有通过成为亲戚和将自己区别为亲戚才能变得可访问。