A figurative drawing by Gustavo Caboco Wapichana in the colours brown and white. It shows a house.
A photo documenting the talk ‘Tipik and Kunani. Biopiracy: On indigenous health and knowledge transfer’ by Roseane Cadete Wapichana in the theatre park. The audience sits on bamboo mats on the floor and can be seen from behind. They are looking at Roseane Cadete Wapichana, who is sitting with another person under a tree from which gourds are hanging on red strings.
Close-up: A brown bowl containing dried pumpkins. The person holding the bowl reaches in with one hand. There are many rings on the person's fingers.

Tipik and Kunani. Biopiracy: Thinking Across Indigenous Health and Education

Roseane Cadete Wapichana

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In this conversation, Roseane Cadete will contextualize Wapichana territorial issues and the expropriation and patenting of Indigenous knowledge by the European health industry. Exploring the dichotomy between healing and harm, Tipik and Kunani, traditional health practices are directly linked to Indigenous education: that which we learn in our traditional houses from paunary relatives. This encounter will be a sharing opportunity to heed these calls from Tipik and Kunani.

Production credits

Drawing Gustavo Caboco Wapichana Photos China Hopson