Itinéraire du rooibos (thé rouge) en Afrique du Sud
Local products are linked to specific places, resources and know-how. Local products evolve in a dynamic context; being at the same time locally embedded in a specific territory and having to fit global market expectations. In this article, we focus on the phenomenon of appropriation of the knowledg...
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| Language: | fra |
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Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rac/13631 |
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| Summary: | Local products are linked to specific places, resources and know-how. Local products evolve in a dynamic context; being at the same time locally embedded in a specific territory and having to fit global market expectations. In this article, we focus on the phenomenon of appropriation of the knowledge and know-how regarding a South African local product: the herbal tea rooibos (red tea). The rooibos production is linked to different kind of knowledge: it involves the engineering of the Afrikaner producers and the know-how of the Coloured workers, which contributes to make it a local and national cultural heritage. The resource and the associated knowledge have become, beyond the economical stakes, a political stake. |
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| ISSN: | 1760-5393 |