ABSTRACT

The scholarship and practice of responsibly navigating the disruptive possibilities of new technologies has yet to fully consider Indigenous worldviews. We draw on Indigenous-led research in northern Australia’s Kakadu National Park to reflect on research practices for responsibly navigating the introduction of aerial drones as a tool for local Indigenous co-managers to monitor and manage this World Heritage Area. We co-developed protocols to guide Indigenous-led innovation – empowering Indigenous governance, developing ethical and trusted research relationships, and enabling on-going Indigenous-led technological innovation. The protocols were applied to negotiate and navigate the use of drone technology at Jarrangbarnmi, an important biocultural landscape in country owned by Jawoyn people in northern Australia. These protocols provide a way for Indigenous cultural responsibilities for knowledge sharing and stewardship of country to guide and authorise the co-design and application of technological innovations, which are increasingly being used to produce new knowledge to adaptively co-manage Indigenous people’s lands and seas.

摘要

负责任地探索新技术的颠覆性可能性的学术和实践尚未充分考虑土著世界观。我们利用澳大利亚北部卡卡杜国家公园的土著主导研究来反思研究实践，以负责任地导航引入空中无人机作为当地土著共同管理者监测和管理这个世界遗产区的工具。我们共同制定了指导原住民主导创新的协议——授权原住民治理，发展合乎道德和可信的研究关系，并支持持续的原住民主导的技术创新。这些协议被应用于在 Jarrangbarnmi 谈判和导航无人机技术的使用，Jarrangbarnmi 是澳大利亚北部 Jawoyn 人拥有的国家的重要生物文化景观。