Indigenous data sovereignty

Rainie, Stephanie Carroll; Kukutai, Tahu; Walter, Maggie; Figueroa-Rodríguez, Oscar Luis; Walker, Jennifer; Axelsson, Per

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Rainie, S. C., Kukutai, T., Walter, M., Figueroa-Rodríguez, O. L., Walker, J., & Axelsson, P. (2019). Indigenous data sovereignty. In T. Davies, S. B. Walker, M. Rubinstein, & F. Perini (Eds.), The State of Open Data: Histories and Horizons (pp. 300–319). Cape Town and Ottawa: African Minds and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

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Abstract

• Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS) has emerged as an important topic over the last three years, raising fundamental questions about assumptions of ownership, representation, and control in open data communities.

• IDS refers to the right of Indigenous peoples to control data from and about their communities and lands, articulating both individual and collective rights to data access and to privacy.

• Ideas from IDS provide a challenge to dominant discourses in open data, questioning current approaches to data ownership, licensing, and use in ways that resonate beyond Indigenous contexts, drawing attention to the power and post-colonial dynamics within many data agendas.

• Growing IDS networks are working to shape open data principles to better respect the rights of Indigenous peoples.

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2019

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Chapter in Book

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African Minds and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

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