Lessons identified from applications of the Risk Analysis Quality Test Release 1.0.

The Risk Analysis Quality Test Release 1.0 (RAQT1.0) was developed as a framework to encourage mutual understanding between technical risk analysts and risk management decision makers of risk assessment quality indicators. The initial version (release 1.0) was published by the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) in 2020 with the intent of learning from early test applications whether the approach was useful and whether changes in approach or contents would be helpful. The results of applications across three diverse fields are reported here. The applications include both retrospective evaluations of past risk assessments and prospective guidance on the design of future risk assessment projects or systems. The fields represented include Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment, Cultural Property Risk Analysis, and Software Development Cyber Risk Analysis. The RAQT1.0 proved helpful for identifying shortcomings in all applications. Ways in which the RAQT1.0 might be improved are also identified.

Culture, heritage looting, and tourism: A text mining review approach.

Tourism scholars have been devoted to exploring the significance of cultural heritage in generating economic, environmental, and social values. However, limited efforts were found to verify potential threats that demolish these values such as looting issue in the global heritage tourism industry. Therefore, this study has reviewed extant publications to demonstrate the potential emerged textual clusters discussed by previous studies. It also summarized the network distribution of articles journals and authors' affiliations to capture the mobility and diversity with a focus on the business and tourism management field. Hence, the core clusters discovered were related to heritage destruction, public access, world heritage, human rights, cultural heritage preservation, and protection of cultural heritage in the event. The results have established theoretical insights and research agendas for future tourism studies, while it determined critical drawbacks in employing technology tools including virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence for cultural heritage preservation/protection.

Recursos genéticos y pueblos Indígenas: la tesis de la propiedad cultural indígena frente al dominio público / Recursos genéticos e povos indígenas: a tese da propriedade cultural indígena frente ao domínio público / Genetic resources and indigenous peoples: the thesis of indigenous cultural property in the face of public domain

Resumen: El artículo analiza la posición de los pueblos indígenas y sus fundamentos ético-políticos respecto de la protección debida a los recursos genéticos vinculados a los conocimientos tradicionales. Dicha posición ha reivindicado la propiedad cultural de índole colectiva respecto de dichos recursos, diferenciándose explícitamente de la solución que entiende que estos deberían caer en el dominio público. Para ello, se esboza una concepción de propiedad que tiene otras determinaciones respecto de la propiedad occidental. La postura de los pueblos indígenas ha sido sostenida de manera amplia y consistente durante décadas, y ha llegado a plasmarse en el régimen internacional de derechos humanos a través de la Declaración de Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas de la ONU; pero, en las negociaciones en la OMPI, no ha logrado abrirse paso frente a sus críticos y a los intereses de las empresas y los Estados.

Resumo: O artigo analisa a posição dos povos indígenas e seus fundamentos ético-políticos a respeito da proteção devida aos recursos genéticos vinculados aos conhecimentos tradicionais. Dita posição reivindicou a propriedade cultural de índole coletiva a respeito de tais recursos, diferenciando-se explicitamente da solução que entende que deveriam cair em domínio público. Para isso, se esboça uma concepção de propriedade que tem outras determinações a respeito da propriedade ocidental. A postura dos povos indígenas tem sido mantida de maneira ampla e consistente durante décadas e chegou a se refletir no regime internacional de direitos humanos através da Declaração de Direitos dos Povos Indígenas da ONU; porém nas negociações na OMPI não conseguiu se impor diante de seus críticos e aos interesses das empresas e dos Estados.

Abstract: The article analyzes the position of indigenous peoples and their ethical-political foundations regarding due protection of genetic resources linked to traditional knowledge. This position has claimed cultural property of a collective nature with respect to these resources, differing explicitly from the solution that understands that these should fall into the public domain. For this purpose, a conception of property with other determination factors, compared to Western property, is outlined. The position of indigenous peoples has been widely and consistently sustained for decades and has come to be included in the international human rights regime, through the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; but, in the negotiations at WIPO, it has not managed to break past its critics and the interests of companies and states.

The cultural capitalists: Notes on the ongoing reconfiguration of trafficking culture in Asia.

Most analysis of the international flows of the illicit art market has described a global situation in which a postcolonial legacy of acquisition and collection exploits cultural heritage by pulling it westwards towards major international trade nodes in the USA and Europe. As the locus of consumptive global economic power shifts, however, these traditional flows are pulled in other directions: notably for the present commentary, towards and within Asia.