Transactions and creations

Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Marilyn Strathern and Eric Hirsch PART I: PROPERTY Chapter 1. Property Limits: Debates on the Body, Nature and Culture Stuart Kirsch Chapter 2. Legal Options for the Regulation of Intellectual and Cultural Property in Papua New Guinea Lawrence Kalinoe Chapter 3. Seeing, Knowing, Owning: Property Claims as Revelatory Acts Melissa Demian PART II: TRANSACTIONS Chapter 4. Transactions: an Analytical Foray Marilyn Strathern Chapter 5. Transactions in Perpetual Motion Tony Crook Chapter 6. Negotiating Interests in Culture Karen Sykes PART III: CREATIONS Chapter 7. Modes of Creativity James Leach Chapter 8. Boundaries of Creation: the Work of Credibility in Science and Ceremony Eric Hirsch Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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