Indigenous voices, indigenous research and open access

The Australasian Open Access Strategy Group (AOASG) works to, advocate, collaborate, raise awareness, lead and build capacity for open access to all the outputs of scholarship in Australia and New Zealand.

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This panel brings together indigenous researchers and specialists and will explore the importance and the significance of open access 


This kōrerorero, or conversation, will explore open access from a range of indigenous perspectives and discuss whether greater openness and knowledge sharing can begin to centre indigenous stories, indigenous science, and a plurality of worldviews, and in doing so help to decolonise academia, publishing and cultural institutions.The panel will discuss the extent to which the system of reward in academia goes against the values of indigenous cultures and in what ways it (further) marginalises indigenous voices, indigenous ideas and knowledge.Could open access be a solution to centring indigenous stories, indigenous science, and worldviews? What are the pitfalls, issues and challenges with this view?What needs to be done to alter the landscape of academic publishing so that indigenous knowledge is shared within a paradigm which centres European/Western thought?Dr Sereana Naepi (Nakida, Fiji, Palagi) University of Auckland: Bula Vinaka, I currently teach in the Sociology program and completed my undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Auckland before completing my PhD at the University of British Columbia. As an emerging Pasifika researcher, I was the founding associate-director of All My Relations; an Indigenous research center at Thompson Rivers University (Canada) and co-founded the Indigenous research development program Knowledge Makers in Canada. I have been successful in applying for international research grants and publish both nationally and internationally on equity and higher education. Before beginning my research, I worked supporting Māori and Pasifika students in MAPAS and Tuākana Arts. @sereananaepiAssoc. Prof. Hēmi Whaanga (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha) Hēmi is a linguist and associate professor in Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao (The Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies) at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa / New Zealand. He has worked as a project leader and researcher on a range of projects centred on the revitalisation and protection of Māori language and knowledge (including Mātauranga Māori, digitisation of indigenous knowledge, ICT and indigenous knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge, language revitalisation, linguistics, language teaching and curriculum development). He currently leads Ātea, a Science for Technological Innovation collaboration between researchers at the University of Waikato, University of Otago, University of Canterbury and iwi, to build and design an immersive experience that will draw on Māori protocol and world views as well as new technologies to preserve and share knowledge, language and culture in the digital realm. @hemiwhaangaProfessor Hinematau McNeill (Tapuika, Ngāti Moko) Hinematau’s experience as Treaty negotiator for her iwi combined her tribal and academic worlds and contributed significantly to her research focus and teaching. She remains actively involved in tribal affairs, focussing on Ngāti Moko. Her latest research focus is a collaboration with environmental sciences to activate Māori knowledge, traditions and practices regarding death and burial. An interest in artistic practice-led research has enriched her postgraduate work and helped new and emerging scholars operate creatively in a way that values and respects indigenous epistemologies and ways of working. She believes that when indigenous knowledge is truly valued it will invigorate and enrich the learning experience of everyone. Kirsten Thorpe (Worimi, Port Stephens New South Wales) is a Senior Researcher within Jumbunna Research at the University of Technology Sydney. Kirsten has led the development of protocols, policies, and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in libraries and archives in Australia. Kirsten’s research interests relate to Indigenous self-determination in libraries and archives. She has been involved in numerous projects that have involved the return of historic collections to Indigenous peoples and communities, and advocates for a transformation of practice to center Indigenous priorities and voice in regard to the management of data, records, and collections. Kirsten is a PhD candidate within the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University where she is investigating the question of Indigenous cultural safety in Australian libraries and archives. @kirstythorpeLuqman Hayes (Auckland University of Technology) will moderate the panel @theluqmanarianThe link to the zoom meeting can be found at the bottom of your confirmation emailUse the add to my calendar feature to show presentation time in your time zone

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