Documenting and Disseminating Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions in Brazil Final Report Volume I: Survey Prepared for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) by Antonio A. Arantes, PhD The views expressed in this Survey are those of the author, and not necessarily those of the WIPO Secretariat or its Member States. The Survey is current at the time of preparation of the initial draft (November 2009). WIPO, Documenting and Disseminating Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions in Brazil – Volume I – Survey - Page 2 - © Copyright World Intellectual Property Organization, 2009 Certain rights reserved. WIPO authorizes the partial reproduction, translation and dissemination of this survey for non-commercial and non-profit scientific, educational or research purposes, provided that WIPO, the survey and the author are properly identified and acknowledged. 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CREDITS Antonio Augusto ARANTES, PhD Consultant Álvaro de Oliveira DANTONA, PhD Senior research assistant Ilana GOLDSTEIN, MA Research assistant Maíra Bueno de CARVALHO, MA Research assistant Irislane Mendes PEREIRA, BA Research assistant Cristiana de Andrade GRACIANO Junior research assistant Guilherme Candido da SILVA Junior research assistant Jeffrey HOFF Translation Document prepared for WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization São Paulo, 15 May 2009 Brazil WIPO, Documenting and Disseminating Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions in Brazil – Volume I – Survey - Page 4 - VOLUME I: SURVEY SUMMARY FOREWORD................................ ................................ ................................ .6 PART I. FRAMING THE OBJECT................................ ................................ 11 1. NOTE ON METHOD................................ ................................ ............... 11 2. THE PROBLEM: FROM THE WAJÃPI POINT OF VIEW............................ 21 PART II. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK................................ ................... 40 3. CULTURAL HERITAGE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT42 3.1 Government agencies................................ ................................ ..................... 44 FBN - National Library Foundation ................................ ................................ .. 47 FCP - Palmares Cultural Foundation ................................ ................................ .49 IPHAN - National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute ............................ 54 Ministry of Development and Foreign Trade................................ .......................... 57 INPI - National Institute of Industrial Property ................................ ............... 57 Ministry of the Environment ................................ ................................ .................. 60 CGEN – Genetic Heritage Management Council ................................ ............ 60 Ministry of Justice................................ ................................ ................................ ... 63 FUNAI - National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples................................ ... 63 3.2 Networks of institutions ................................ ................................ ................ 66 ABPI - Brazilian Intellectual Property Association................................ ........... 66 INBRAPI - Brazilian Indigenous Institute for Intellectual Property .............. 68 3.3 Professional associations ................................ ................................ ............... 73 ABA - Brazilian Association of Anthropology ................................ ................... 73 ABET - Brazilian Ethnomusicology Association................................ .............. 75 OAB - Brazilian Bar Association ................................ ................................ ........ 77 4. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS................................ ................................ .......... 80 CNFCP - National Folklore and Popular Culture Center................................ .80 LISA - Sound and Image Laboratory for Anthropology................................ .... 85 MAE - Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology ................................ ............... 88 Museum of the Indian ................................ ................................ ......................... 94 MN - National Museum................................ ................................ ...................... 99 MPEG - Emilio Goeldi Museum ................................ ................................ ...... 105 NUPAUB - Research Center on Human Populations in Brazilian Wetlands110 5. PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF TK AND TCE RECORDS..... 114 5.1 Afro-Brazilian group................................ ................................ ..................... 115 The Black Community of Arturos................................ ................................ ..... 115 CONAQ - National Coordination of Rural Black Quilombo Communities.118 WIPO, Documenting and Disseminating Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions in Brazil – Volume I – Survey - Page 5 - CPI/SP - Pro-Indian Commission of São Paulo ................................ ............. 120 CEDEFES - Eloi Ferreira da Silva Documentation Center............................ 125 5.2 Oiapoque group................................ ................................ ............................ 128 APIO - Indigenous Peoples of Oiapoque Association................................ .... 128 Kuahí Museum................................ ................................ ................................ ... 132 Iepé - Institute for Research and Training in Indigenous Education ........... 136 5.3 Rio Negro group ................................ ................................ .......................... 143 AILCTDI - Indigenous Association of Tariana Language and Culture of the Iauarete District ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 143 FOIRN - Federation of Indigenous Organizations of the Rio Negro........... 147 ISA – Socio-environmental Institute................................ ................................ .152 5.4 Ticuna group ................................ ................................ ................................ 156 Magüta Museum / CGTT................................ ................................ ................. 156 OGPTB - General Organization of Bilingual Ticuna Teachers..................... 160 5.5 Traders ................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 163 ARTESOL – Solidary crafts ................................ ................................ .............. 163 5.6 Media producers................................ ................................ ........................... 167 Cachuera! Cultural Association................................ ................................ ......... 167 Video nas Aldeias................................ ................................ ............................... 172 Violado Quintet Foundation ................................ ................................ ............. 177 PART III................................ ................................ ................................ .. 180 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS ................................ ................................ ..... 180 APPENDIX................................ ................................ ............................... 183 1. Survey group: preliminary list of institutions................................. ............ 183 2. Survey group: tentative list of individuals. ................................ ................. 187 WIPO, Documenting and Disseminating Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions in Brazil – Volume I – Survey - Page 6 - FOREWORD This survey focuses on the codes, guidelines and practices regarding intellectual property (IP) issues relevant to making registers of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in Brazil. Within the framework of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Creative Heritage Project, this reconstruction of the Brazilian case follows the conceptual baseline presented in this foreword. The basic legal instrument that regulates the making and disseminating of image, sound or textual registers of cultural products and practices of any kind in the country is Federal Law 9610, known as the Copyright Act, of 19 February 1998 reproduced in Volume II of this report. Consequently, the documentation and dissemination of heritage registers in Brazil must follow this statute. However, as cultural products are intricately linked to their producers’ social life and necessarily convey socially-produced information, a survey on documentation practices must also take into consideration the legal regimes affecting both the populations involved,