Towards an Indigenist data management program

Reflections on experiences developing an atlas of sea ice knowledge and use

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ID8423319
AuthorsPeter L Pulsifer (0000-0001-9561-3640, Carleton University, corresponding author), Gita J Laidler (Carleton University), D R Fraser Taylor (0000-0001-9189-1248, Carleton University), Amos Hayes (0000-0003-0878-0868, Carleton University)
Year2011
Volume55
Issue1
Pages108-124
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-3658 • E-ISSN: 1541-0064
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00348.x
OpenAlexW1726414725
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited46

The International Polar Year (2007–2008) (IPY) established an IPY data policy that guides a formal data management (DM) process. The DM system envisioned includes data based on Indigenous knowledge systems linked to data collected in the Western scientific tradition. Based on experiences developing an online Atlas of Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use (Siku Atlas) we argue that an ‘Indigenist’ DM program must be developed if the envisioned IPY DM system is to be realized. Existing ideas proposing an Indigenist research paradigm are discussed in the context of DM. To move towards the development and implementation of an Indigenist DM program, we review four key relationships for consideration when documenting Indigenous knowledge and managing the resulting data: Indigenous and Western scientific knowledge systems; communities and researchers; Indigenous knowledge and power; and Indigenous knowledge and documentation methods. To ground the discussion, we link Indigenist DM processes to the Siku Atlas development process and results. Last, lessons learned are presented along with an outline of directions for a research program in support of an Indigenist DM program

Archaeology · Atlas (anatomy) · Biology · Context (archaeology) · Documentation · Geography · Indigenous · Political science · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Computer Science · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Marine animal studies overview · Medicine

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