Indigenous data governance is attention to Indigenous authority over the access, interpretation, and reuse of cultural records, including reconnection with Country. As records are digitized, greater searchability can support communities or reproduce extraction, depending on how that authority is respected.
- Entry typeKey concept
- Category of its source unitCodes & Communication Systems
- DomainMeaning & Clarity
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Entry type
Key concept
Key concepts are the working vocabulary of the field: the terms that the models and tools rely on and that a decision about communication has to use precisely. Each entry defines the term and sends you to the brief or the self-guided audit where it is put to work.
Editorial orientation · Category
Codes & Communication Systems
Articulates signs and conventions through which information or meaning can be represented, recorded or transmitted. Interpretation depends on the relevant language, practices, users and context, not on a sign looking self-evident.