Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy - Maggie Walter, et al. (2020)
Indigenous peoples around the world are demanding greater data sovereignty in the digital age and challenging the ways in which governments have historically used Indigenous data. This book illustrates how Indigenous data sovereignty, if realised, has the potential to support human flourishing and protect against certain data-related harms.
Publication details
M. Walter, T. Kukutai, S. Russo Carroll, D. Rodriguez-Lonebear (eds). (London, Routledge, 2020).
About the book
In the digital age, governments are increasingly dependent on data and data analytics to inform their policies and decision-making. However, Indigenous Peoples have often been the unwilling targets of policy interventions and have had little say over the collection, use and application of data about them, their lands and cultures. At the heart of Indigenous Peoples’ demands for change are the enduring aspirations of self-determination over their institutions, resources, knowledge and information systems.
With contributors from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, North and South America and Europe.
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This book is part of a series marking the publication of Books of Mana (Otago University Press, 2025). It builds on the project Te Takarangi: Celebrating Māori publications and adds 30 titles to a selected list of 150 non-fiction books, led by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga in collaboration with Royal Society Te Apārangi.