(Australia) Gaining access – warming the ground – YouTube (Talk: Indigenous Leadership – Charles Darwin University | July 2016)
Valda Shannon talks about what people need to do to prepare for researching in Aboriginal communities in Australia
Valda Shannon talks about what people need to do to prepare for researching in Aboriginal communities in Australia
In our second December webinar, we welcome back Dr Juan Tauri along with Dr Antje Deckert, both Senior Lecturers at
If the Royal Society (New Zealand) hoped that dropping the formal inquiry into the two academics (who wrote an open letter complaining they were required to talk about Māori beliefs and traditional practices with regard to medicine when conducting a talk about biomedicine) they badly misread the situation. The two academics have very publically resigned from the Royal Society. Rather than quietening down a loud and toxic argument, it seems the Royal Society has managed to inflame both sides.
With respect to the seven, and we are conscious we are White folk (mostly) from Australia commenting on a very sensitive New Zealand topic: It would be possible to show respect to mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and still then cover the Western knowledge and understanding of the scientific topics to be covered in the learning activity. Aotearoa New Zealand has a treaty (The Treaty of Waitangi), which establishes clear expectations in this regard. Future professional practitioners need to understand this knowledge to understand the frame from which a significant proportion of their clients approach the topics. This is the reality of practicing in a country with a strong First People tradition. It is high time Australia had something similar.
There is a long and shameful history of US researchers trampling Indigenous protocols and needs. This isn’t just matters in living history, it is incredibly current. So something must change! It should be said that the US is not alone in this being the experience of First People. Reflecting on respect, justice and data sovereignty must be a component of professional development for HDR candidates, supervisors, all researchers and research ethics reviewers. Genuine engagement and respect should start at the earliest phases of planning a project and continue far past the publication of research outputs.
Abstract The field of genomics has benefited greatly from its “openness” approach to data sharing. However, with the increasing volume
A Caltech professor who outraged Native American tribes by drilling holes in an ancient petroglyph site while doing research without
Rating scale for Excellence in Research for Australia to be recalibrated, with Indigenous studies incorporated as a field in its