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La ciencia debe salvar a todos, no sólo a algunos
1Madhukar Pai is a professor and chair of the Department of Global and Public Health, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Resumen
El norte global
Área de la Ciencia:
- Equidad en salud global
- La justicia científica
- Estudios de las ciencias postcoloniales
Sus antecedentes:
- Las discusiones sobre la equidad global en la ciencia a menudo se centran en la diversidad en los consejos editoriales, la autoría, el dominio del idioma y los premios.
- Estas cuestiones ponen de relieve las desigualdades generalizadas que requieren reparación.
- Sin embargo, un problema más profundo radica en el legado del colonialismo dentro de la investigación científica.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Identificar y abordar el problema general del legado del colonialismo en la investigación científica.
- Examinar el sesgo del sistema de propiedad intelectual que favorece a los países y corporaciones del Norte Global.
- Cuestionar el propósito fundamental y los beneficiarios de los esfuerzos científicos.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis crítico de la literatura existente sobre la equidad científica global.
- Examen del impacto histórico del colonialismo en las estructuras de investigación científica.
- Exploración conceptual de los marcos de propiedad intelectual y sus implicaciones globales.
Principales resultados:
- El actual sistema de propiedad intelectual, moldeado por legados coloniales, beneficia injustamente a las naciones del Norte Global y sus corporaciones.
- Este sistema dicta el acceso a los avances científicos, lo que plantea preguntas críticas sobre los beneficiarios previstos de la ciencia.
- El dominio de las perspectivas y los intereses económicos del Norte Global en la ciencia es una barrera significativa para la verdadera equidad global.
Conclusiones:
- Abordar la equidad global en la ciencia requiere confrontar los fundamentos coloniales del sistema de propiedad intelectual.
- La reforma de las estructuras científicas es esencial para garantizar que la ciencia sirva a toda la humanidad, no solo a las naciones privilegiadas.
- Se necesita un cambio de paradigma para descolonizar la ciencia y promover el acceso equitativo a sus beneficios.
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