Swazo Norman K
Department of Philosophy & Humanities, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5740, USA.
Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci. 2005 Sep;36(3):568-84. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2005.07.006.
In this paper I appropriate the philosophical critique of Michel Foucault as it applies to the engagement of Western science and indigenous peoples in the context of biomedical research. The science of population genetics, specifically as pursued in the Human Genome Diversity Project, is the obvious example to illustrate (a) the contraposition of modern science and 'indigenous science', (b) the tendency to depreciate and marginalize indigenous knowledge systems, and (c) the subsumption of indigenous moral preferences in the juridical armature of international human rights law. I suggest that international bioethicists may learn from Foucault's critique, specifically of the need for vigilance about the knowledge/power relation expressed by the contraposition of modern science and 'indigeneity'.
在本文中，我借鉴了米歇尔·福柯的哲学批判，该批判适用于西方科学与原住民在生物医学研究背景下的接触。群体遗传学这门科学，特别是在人类基因组多样性项目中所开展的研究，是用以说明以下几点的明显例证：（a）现代科学与“本土科学”的对立；（b）贬低和边缘化本土知识体系的倾向；以及（c）在国际人权法的司法框架中本土道德偏好的被纳入。我认为，国际生物伦理学家可以从福柯的批判中学到东西，特别是要警惕现代科学与“本土性”的对立所表达的知识/权力关系。
