Data collection versus knowledge theft: relational accountability and the research ethics of Indigenous knowledges

Lauren Tynan

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30308-1_8

Data collection versus knowledge theft: relational accountability and the research ethics of Indigenous knowledges

Lauren Tynan

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Abstract

Many opportunities exist for researchers to take knowledge, publish it and become an expert. As a Pairebeenne Trawlwoolway Aboriginal woman of lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia, I converse with the work of other Indigenous scholars to theorise ideas of relational accountability, refusal and Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Reflecting on my own research experiences, I seek to move away from concepts of ‘data collection’ and ‘fieldwork’ by understanding data as knowledge and the field as a place of relations, not a research location to fly in and fly out of. An ethical practice that engages with cultural protocols and relationality decentres the academy as instigator and arbiter of ethical research and brings forth an ethical practice that is held in relationship with those who produce and own the knowledge, both people and Country. Whilst many development researchers already work in collaborative and relational ways with their research communities, this chapter invites us to do more; advocating for stronger research protocols, ongoing relations of accountability, and real engagement with Intellectual Property, copyright and co-authorship.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Challenging global development
Subtitle of host publication	towards decoloniality and justice
Editors	Henning Melber, Uma Kothari, Laura Camfield, Kees Biekart
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	8
Pages	139-164
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031303081
ISBN (Print)	9783031303074
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30308-1_8
Publication status	Published - 2024

Publication series

Name	EADI Global Development Series
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN (Print)	2947-8529
ISSN (Electronic)	2947-8537

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Copyright the Author(s) 2024. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

Keywords

Indigenous research methodologies
Research ethics
Indigenous knowledges
Relationality
Indigenous cultural and intellectual property
Indigenous Data Sovereignty

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Tynan, L. (2024). Data collection versus knowledge theft: relational accountability and the research ethics of Indigenous knowledges. In H. Melber, U. Kothari, L. Camfield, & K. Biekart (Eds.), Challenging global development: towards decoloniality and justice (pp. 139-164). (EADI Global Development Series). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30308-1_8

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Tynan L. Data collection versus knowledge theft: relational accountability and the research ethics of Indigenous knowledges. In Melber H, Kothari U, Camfield L, Biekart K, editors, Challenging global development: towards decoloniality and justice. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 2024. p. 139-164. (EADI Global Development Series). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-30308-1_8

Data collection versus knowledge theft: relational accountability and the research ethics of Indigenous knowledges

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