Madagascar's Green Gold: Nature Religion, Biotechnology, and the Global Race against Covid-19
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Madagascar's government garnered international media attention for their herbal remedy to COVID-19, made from the Artemisia plant, called "Covid-Organics" (CVO). While global media outlets presented CVO as yet another example of an inherent co...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2022
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Journal of Africana religions
Année: 2022, Volume: 10, Numéro: 2, Pages: 212-236 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Madagaskar
/ Ethnobotanique
/ Religion primitive
/ Médecine non conventionnelle
/ Armoise annuelle
/ Covid-19
/ Pandémie
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse BB Religions traditionnelles ou tribales KBN Afrique subsaharienne NCH Éthique médicale |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Biotechnology
B Covid-19 B nature religions B Pharmacology B ethnobotany |
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| Résumé: | At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Madagascar's government garnered international media attention for their herbal remedy to COVID-19, made from the Artemisia plant, called "Covid-Organics" (CVO). While global media outlets presented CVO as yet another example of an inherent conflict between traditional African medicine and Western medicine, this article hypothesizes that the release of CVO offers a rare window into the dynamic processes by which ecological, technological, and cultural developments in the production and distribution of artemisia and plant-based medicines in the country are giving rise to a multifaceted system of medical pluralism that attempts to strike a difficult balance between appeasing the rapidly growing global demand for plant-based medicines and preserving the country's unique religious heritage and biodiversity. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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