Article by Stefaan Verhulst, Jordan Harris, Andrew J. Zahuranec, Maui Hudson, Chantal Kamgne, and WarīNkwī Flores: “Indigenous communities face two related threats from AI: marginalization from digital advancement and extraction of their cultural knowledge and language without consent or benefit. One way to address these challenges is to create pathways for Indigenous communities to exercise meaningful control over how their data is collected, governed, and used.
Ahead of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, The GovLab hosted a webinar featuring Indigenous experts Chantal Kamgne (Localizzz / EngageAfricaNLP), WarīNkwī Flores (Kinray Hub / Kara::Kichwa), and Maui Hudson (Te Kotahi Research Institute / Local Contexts) to explore how data commons can offer a middle path toward true data self-determination. The webinar was moderated by Stefaan Verhulst (The GovLab), and Guilherme Canela de Souza Godoi (UNESCO) provided closing remarks.
Three major themes emerged from that discussion, which we detail below: the ability of data commons to serve as a tool for self-determination; how there can be one-size-fits-all solution to governance because such arrangements become a power instrument of top-down pressure; and the need for large institutions to “walk the talk” when it comes to supporting Indigenous communities to take control of their data…(More)”.
