This study presents a constructivist grounded theory study of curation and biopiracy of the San people’s knowledge about Hoodia. The “discoveries” and records of the Hoodia species by Carl P. Thunberg, Francis Masson, as well as the recorded experience of Rudolf Marloth, led to scientific experiments and commercial trials in an attempt to develop slimming drugs. This study has identified key layers and knowledge domains that have added new layers of information and knowledge to traditional knowledge concerning the use of Hoodia for medicinal purposes. The study traces the movement of Indigenous knowledge from the San to the CSIR, from CSIR to Phytopharm, Pfizer and Unilever, through the licencing of a patent on Hoodia. An emergent theory based on the concept of palimpsest suggests that erasures of the existing traditional knowledge occurred as new layers of knowledge were added or applied.

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追踪生物盗版案件中土著知识的管理

这项研究提出了一个建构主义的理论研究，该理论研究了圣人关于Hoodia知识的策划和生物盗版。Carl P. Thunberg，Francis Masson的Hoodia物种的“发现”和记录，以及Rudolf Marloth的记录经验，导致了科学实验和商业试验，试图开发减肥药。这项研究确定了关键层和知识领域，这些层和知识领域为有关将Hoodia用于医疗目的的传统知识增加了新的信息和知识层。这项研究通过获得Hoodia专利许可，追溯了土著知识从San到CSIR，从CSIR到Phytopharm，辉瑞和联合利华的运动。