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TTraditional raditional KKnowledge, Research nowledge, Research

and Intellectual and Intellectual PropertyProperty

WACHYA!!WACHYA!!

By Teodora ZamudioBy Teodora Zamudio

At the Waswanipi Cree Forest Model

What is traditional knowledge?

• it is the wisdom that enables a community to survive and develop

• it is the result of a continuous process of experimentation, innovation and adaptation

• it is a component of a community's own identity

• Please, let me ask you for an example…

First…

Did everybody in this board sign the CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE for inside officer/member?

If “YES” go on

Just a minute, I want to make an agreement with you

In my childhood and youth, all what my father and uncles have taught me and my cousins was about partridges, ducks and wild boars. So, my guide questions may need some adaptations… would you please re-interpret them if it is necessary??

one of my cousins and his father

Trapping...

Jackie, would you mind to tell us how you trap?

What about you,

Mario?

Jane, will you join them ?

hire a secretary…

Everybody ready?

Ok folks, rewind

• What materials does each one employ?

• List the tools (after you may get pictures or drawings)

• Names of them??

• Proceedings

• Anything else?

• You answer • You write down

We are almost there…

• What animals do you trap?

• When do you trap them?

• Where do you trap them?

• Which are the environmental conditions to trap them?

• What risks challenge you trapping them?

• You answer • You write down

Few more…the last ones, for the moment

• When do you learn to trap?

• Who did you teach to trap?

• Do you keep any tool from your teacher?

• Did you teach anybody else to trap?

• You answer • You write down

… tally the notes

• Let’s go trapping!!!!

Setting

Special Terms

Maps

Tales

Tools

Preparation

Materials

Ready to “play” your Cree Knowledge in the Western World

style?

Think in a Trade Mark

Think in an Industrial Design

Think in the Human Right to an identity component

• Is there a particular feature in the tools?

• Is there a word in your language to define an exclusive tool?

• Is there a place non where else you may trap?

… Etc. Etc. Etc.

Traditional Knowledge means:

• Property• Possession• Identity• Survival• Security• Renewal• Enjoyment• Heritage

What else do you feel it is?But not only…

Thanks to teach me to trap in

the bush!!!

To be continued

Credits: Photos Catherine Lussier Private Collection

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