eprintid: 1503236 rev_number: 16 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/50/32/36 datestamp: 2022-02-25 15:19:01 lastmod: 2022-02-25 15:30:45 status_changed: 2022-02-25 15:30:45 type: book succeeds: 1360927 metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Geismar, Haidy title: Treasured possessions: indigenous interventions into cultural and intellectual property ispublished: pub divisions: A01 divisions: B03 divisions: F22 keywords: Native and Indigenous Studies, Anthropology, Museum Studies, Art and Visual Culture, Art History note: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. abstract: What happens when ritual practitioners from a small Pacific nation make an intellectual property claim to bungee jumping? When a German company successfully sues to defend its trademark of a Māori name? Or when UNESCO deems ephemeral sand drawings to be "intangible cultural heritage"? In Treasured Possessions, Haidy Geismar examines how global forms of cultural and intellectual property are being redefined by everyday people and policymakers in two markedly different Pacific nations. The New Hebrides, a small archipelago in Melanesia managed jointly by Britain and France until 1980, is now the independent nation-state of Vanuatu, with a population that is more than 95 percent indigenous. New Zealand, by contrast, is a settler state and former British colony that engages with its entangled Polynesian and British heritage through an ethos of "biculturalism" that is meant to involve an indigenous population of just 15 percent. Alternative notions of property, resources, and heritage—informed by distinct national histories—are emerging in both countries. These property claims are advanced in national and international settings, but they emanate from specific communities and cultural landscapes, and they are grounded in an awareness of ancestral power and inheritance. They reveal intellectual and cultural property to be not only legal constructs but also powerful ways of asserting indigenous identities and sovereignties. date: 2013-06 date_type: published publisher: Duke University Press official_url: https://www.dukeupress.edu/treasured-possessions vfaculties: VSHS full_text_type: pub book_type: book language: eng verified: verified_manual elements_source: Manually entered elements_id: 437721 isbn_13: 978-0-8223-5427-7 medium: Paperback lyricists_name: Geismar, Haidy lyricists_id: HLGEI27 actors_name: Geismar, Haidy actors_id: HLGEI27 actors_role: owner full_text_status: restricted place_of_pub: Durham (NC), USA pages: 328 citation: Geismar, Haidy; (2013) Treasured possessions: indigenous interventions into cultural and intellectual property. [Book]. Duke University Press: Durham (NC), USA. document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1503236/1/Treasured%20Possessions.pdf