Commercialization and Commodification Compatibility Mode
1.
2.
The indigenous peoples of the
philippines nurtured through the
centuries the genetic diversity of
indigenous plants:
Commercializing the
genetic diversity of
indigenous plants
3.
More than 90% of this diversity
is created by these farmers
through the process which
modern science calls “selection”
4.
Have created the genetic
diversity of plants
These plants as the common
property of human kind may
be exchanged for free
Third World peasants
5. The contribution of indigenous
peasants to the creation of the
diversity is ignored
Most patents are owned and
controlled by the colonizers
6.
Indigenous herbal knowledge is to
rediscovered and validated as
adjunct to psychological practice in
the use of herbal preparations
Appropriating
Herbal Knowledge
7.
Pito - Pito
Treatment
of physical
ailments
Also in the
handling of
problems
12.
It is good for diarrhea,
flatulence, swollen gums,
catarrh fatigue, abdominal
pains, dysmenorrhea and
hypertension
Medicinal value
13.
The western-oriented therapist
wants to make sure that pito-
pito does not have any effects
on the body
Beliefs
14.
Traditional psychological beliefs
and values are translated and
brought into clinical practice
assuming relevance only as a
placebo
Traditional psychological beliefs
15.
Are reluctantly accommodated
to facilitate the business of
relieving pain and suffering
because of a psychological
problem
The client’s cultural beliefs
