Madagascar's Green Gold: Nature Religion, Biotechnology, and the Global Race against Covid-19
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Madagascar's government garnered international media attention for their herbal remedy to COVID-19, made from the Artemisia plant, called "Covid-Organics" (CVO). While global media outlets presented CVO as yet another example of an inherent co...
| Published in: | Journal of Africana religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2022
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 212-236 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Madagascar
/ Ethnobotany
/ Nature religion
/ Alternative medicine
/ Einjähriger Beifuß
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Biotechnology
B Covid-19 B nature religions B Pharmacology B ethnobotany |
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| Summary: | At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Madagascar's government garnered international media attention for their herbal remedy to COVID-19, made from the Artemisia plant, called "Covid-Organics" (CVO). While global media outlets presented CVO as yet another example of an inherent conflict between traditional African medicine and Western medicine, this article hypothesizes that the release of CVO offers a rare window into the dynamic processes by which ecological, technological, and cultural developments in the production and distribution of artemisia and plant-based medicines in the country are giving rise to a multifaceted system of medical pluralism that attempts to strike a difficult balance between appeasing the rapidly growing global demand for plant-based medicines and preserving the country's unique religious heritage and biodiversity. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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