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<div class="wrapper" id="page-wrapper"> <div class="container" id="content"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 order-1 order-md-0 content-area" id="primary"> <main class="site-main" id="main" role="main"> <article class="post-169 page type-page status-publish hentry" id="post-169"> <div class="entry-content"> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <a name="Overview" id="Overview" title="Overview" class="sr-only"></a> <p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-background" style="background-color:#f2f2f2">In partnership with Indigenous communities working on Country, the ALA is exploring the role of information management platforms in bridging the gaps between traditional and western science knowledge for plants and animals and supporting the health, wellbeing and empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.</p> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" class="wp-block-heading" id="overview">Overview</h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright size-full is-resized"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="913" src="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/Indigenous-Ecological-Knowledge-Icon-1024x913-1.png" alt="graphic with a gumnut, kangaroo and other plants" class="wp-image-46152" style="width:336px;height:300px" srcset="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/Indigenous-Ecological-Knowledge-Icon-1024x913-1.png 1024w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/Indigenous-Ecological-Knowledge-Icon-1024x913-1-300x267.png 300w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/Indigenous-Ecological-Knowledge-Icon-1024x913-1-768x685.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure></div> <p>The ALA’s Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IEK) program of work recognises the essential nature of a collaborative approach, and aims to provide tools to enable and empower greater Indigenous participation in biodiversity information management and assessment, and to support other aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people related to ecological or biodiversity knowledge. For more information contact <a href="mailto:support@ala.org.au" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nat Raisbeck-Brown</a>.</p> <p><em><strong>Please note:</strong> Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website (and the links provided) may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs or printed material.</em></p> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <a name="Linking-Indigenous-Ecological-Knowledge-to-western-science" id="Linking-Indigenous-Ecological-Knowledge-to-western-science" title="Linking Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to western science" class="sr-only"></a> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" class="wp-block-heading" id="linking-indigenous-ecological-knowledge-to-western-science"><strong>Linking Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to western science</strong></h2> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="934" src="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/LanguageLocationMap_IEK_202108-no-border-1024x934-1.jpeg" alt="Map of Australia showing current and future projects" class="wp-image-46150" srcset="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/LanguageLocationMap_IEK_202108-no-border-1024x934-1.jpeg 1024w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/LanguageLocationMap_IEK_202108-no-border-1024x934-1-300x274.jpeg 300w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/LanguageLocationMap_IEK_202108-no-border-1024x934-1-768x701.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Map showing current and future ALA IEK projects. Credit: Nat Raisbeck Brown, ALA.</figcaption></figure></div> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" id="flower-awakening-djet-biyoo">Flower Awakening – Djet Biyoo</h3> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p><strong>Project name:</strong> <strong>Djet Biyoo</strong> (Flower Awakening)</p> <p><strong>Project partners:</strong> Noongar Boodjar Aboriginal Language Centre, WA</p> <p><strong>Project aim:</strong> Linking Noongar Wudjari (W8) Ancestral Ecological Knowledge to western science for language preservation, education and enhanced land management.</p> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p>Since August 2020 we have completed two field trips and one on-Country consultation to Wudjari Country (Fitzgerald River National Park, WA). During the field trips a team of 13 (2 Traditional Owners (TOs), 6 Language Centre staff, 1 Indigenous Ethno-Botanist, 2 Botany experts, 1 ALA-IEK project leader and 1 documentary maker) collected IEK for 49 plants and 19 animals using an in-field data collection app. These data have now been processed and were presented back to the TO’s in the same format they would appear in the ALA Profiles. This last consultation allowed the TOs to consent, or not, to each piece of knowledge being shared publicly through the ALA, an essential step in our ethical processes for this project. The TOs were very keen to share their knowledge with the public via the ALA, so much of the data collected has been shared, and included in the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/noongar" target="_blank">Noongar-Wudjari Plant and Animal Online Encyclopedia</a>.</p> <p>This project was named Flower Awakening – Djet Biyoo, after Gerry Turpin, the Ethnobotanist, likened Aboriginal people getting back on Country to gather and grow Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, as the opening up, and shining of one of the local Wudjari flowers. </p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://ecos.csiro.au/linking-indigenous-ecological-knowledge-and-western-science/" target="_blank">Linking Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Western science</a></li> </ul> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignleft size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="541" src="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/Baardi-Witchetty-Grub-Endoxyla-no-text-1024x541-1.png" alt="Baardi (Witchetty Grub, Endoxyla)" class="wp-image-46149" srcset="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/Baardi-Witchetty-Grub-Endoxyla-no-text-1024x541-1.png 1024w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/Baardi-Witchetty-Grub-Endoxyla-no-text-1024x541-1-300x158.png 300w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2022/01/Baardi-Witchetty-Grub-Endoxyla-no-text-1024x541-1-768x406.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Baardi (Witchetty Grub, <em><a href="https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d0ef500a-5969-4428-ab5e-50cede802286" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Endoxyla</a></em>) from an Acacia tree. Image credit: Noongar Boodjar Language Centre.</figcaption></figure></div> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" id="garragal-project"><strong>Garragal Project</strong></h3> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p><strong>Project name: Garragal Project</strong> (Garragal means gaps = closing the gaps between traditional and western science for plants and animals)</p> <p><strong>Project partners:</strong> Kamilaroi linguist, Bernadette Duncan, and language specialist and teacher, Rhonda Ashby. Both Rhonda and Bernadette contributed to the 600+ Kamilaroi words currently in the ALA. </p> <p><strong>Project aim:</strong> The Garragal Project aims to bridge the gaps between traditional and western science knowledge for plants and animals and will support the health, wellbeing, and empowerment of Aboriginal women in NSW.</p> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignleft is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="650" height="434" src="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2019/10/Pittosporum-angustifolium-by-Kym-Nicolson-CC-BY.jpg" alt="plant with small yellow flower " class="wp-image-43344" style="width:358px;height:239px" srcset="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2019/10/Pittosporum-angustifolium-by-Kym-Nicolson-CC-BY.jpg 650w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2019/10/Pittosporum-angustifolium-by-Kym-Nicolson-CC-BY-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/7744138" target="_blank">Pittosporum angustifolium</a></em>, Indigenous Knowledge names: Gumbi Gumbi in Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi, Miyaymiyaay in Yuwaalayaay, Guwiirra in Yuwaalaraay, Miyaymiyaay in Yuwaalaraay. Image credit: Kym Nicolson (CC-BY).</figcaption></figure></div> <p>This project creates opportunities for reconnection to traditional language and cultural knowledge through physical, spiritual and environmental practices with plants and animals on country through the creation of the Garragal Traditional Language and Knowledge Women’s Network (Garragal Women’s Network). </p> <p>The collection of IEK for this project started in February 2020, with the Garragal Women’s Network in Walgett and Moree regions having positive impacts on the women involved and their local communities.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://www.ala.org.au/blogs-news/indigenous-language-names-in-the-ala/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Indigenous language names in the ALA</a></li> </ul> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" id="yugul-mangi-rangers-two-way-biodiversity-project">Yugul Mangi Rangers: Two-way biodiversity project </h3> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p><strong>Project name: Yugul Mangi </strong>(Ngukurr community in South East Arnhem Land – 8 languages)</p> <p><strong>Project partners:</strong> Yugul Mangi Rangers, Ngukurr Language Centre, Macquarie University</p> <p><strong>Project aim:</strong> Publish South East Arnhem Land IEK in the ALA and the South East Arnhem Land Plants and Animals Profile Collection</p> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright is-resized"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2015/04/P1000420.jpg" alt="colourful grasshopper on a plant" style="width:359px;height:269px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Leichhardt’s Grasshopper (<em>Petasida ephippigera</em>). Image credit: Yugul Mangi Rangers (CC-BY-NC).</figcaption></figure></div> <p>This project enters Western and Indigenous scientific knowledge into the ALA and provides a two-way Indigenous engagement to encourage more Indigenous content, and importantly feedback loops to make the ALA more relevant and useful for Indigenous people.</p> <p>The Yugul Mangi Rangers, along with Emilie Ens (Macquarie University), the Ngukurr Language Centre and the community have collected and documented language and knowledge about plants and animals over 6 years. In 2020 they published this knowledge as the <a href="https://batchelorpress.com/node/396" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cross-cultural guide to some animals and plants of South East Arnhem Land</a>.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://ala.org.au/blogs-news/citizen-science-project-builds-on-award-winning-cross-cultural-collaboration-in-eastern-arnhem-land/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://wptest.ala.org.au/blogs-news/citizen-science-project-builds-on-award-winning-cross-cultural-collaboration-in-eastern-arnhem-land/">Citizen science project builds on award wining cross-cultural collaboration in eastern Arnhem Land (November 2018)</a></li> <li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.csiro.au/community-led-science-arnhem-land/" target="_blank">Community-led science in Arnhem Land</a></li> <li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.ala.org.au/blogs-news/prestigious-eureka-prize-for-yugul-mangi-rangers/" target="_blank">Prestigious Eureka Prize for Yugul Mangi Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="http://ala.org.au/blogs-news/sharing-indigenous-womens-knowledge-of-biodiversity-and-culture-across-tribal-boundaries-in-arnhem-land/">Sharing Indigenous women’s knowledge of biodiversity and culture across tribal boundaries in Arnhem Land</a></li> <li><a href="http://ala.org.au/blogs-news/first-ala-records-of-elusive-leichhardts-grasshopper-in-arnhem-land/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">First ALA records of elusive Leichhardt’s Grasshopper in Arnhem Land</a></li> <li><a href="http://ala.org.au/blogs-news/returning-to-the-remote-country-of-the-ngandi-people/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Returning to the remote Country of the Ngandi people</a></li> <li><a href="http://ala.org.au/blogs-news/bringing-south-east-arnhem-land-stories-to-south-east-australia-mob/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bringing south-east Arnhem Land stories to south-east Australia mob</a></li> </ul> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" id="warriyangga-language-and-knowledge-sharing">Warriyangga language and knowledge sharing</h3> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p><strong>Project partners:</strong> Irra Wangga Language Centre, Geraldton</p> <p><strong>Project aim:</strong> Share Warriyangga and Thiinma language and knowledge for plants and animals, with the public via the ALA, by working with the last fluent speaker – Peter Salmon.</p> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p>Since October 2020 we have participated in field work with Peter through his Country to collect and share his language and knowledge about plants and animals. This knowledge was collated by a local ethnobotanist, and presented to Peter for consent to share with the public via the ALA. Peter is keen for all of his knowledge to be shared via the ALA’s Warriyangga Profiles but explicit consent is needed for each piece of knowledge he shares.</p> <p>In March 2021 Peter and the Irra Wangga Language Centre staff came to CSIRO to map out the boundaries of Peter’s County based on his knowledge and stories he remembers from his mother and father. Working together in Google Maps on a big screen in the boardroom, we created a map showing his boundary and included some of the knowledge we recorded during the October 2020 fieldtrip. Peter shared wonderful stories about the places we saw on the map, such as his family’s “holiday place” while growing up.</p> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" id="olkola-people-sharing-knowledge-and-caring-for-country">Olkola People: sharing knowledge and caring for country </h3> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p><strong>Project partners:</strong> The Olkola People of Cape York, CSIRO researchers, and the Tropical Indigenous Ethnobotany Centre (TIEC)</p> <p><strong>Project aim:</strong> Knowledge sharing for improved caring for country</p> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p>The Olkola People of Cape York, CSIRO researchers, and the Tropical Indigenous Ethnobotany Centre (TIEC) are working together, using the ALA and its Profiles tool to explore ways to share and utilise knowledge to help care for country. The project builds on past and current efforts of the Olkola people to record and secure their cultural resources, and understand the complex social, cultural and legal (especially Indigenous cultural and intellectual property) issues and risks to ensure robust decisions can be made about sharing their knowledge on public platforms such as the ALA. The aim is for Olkola to share these learnings with other communities.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="http://www.terrijanke.com.au/single-post/2016/12/12/Some-Recent-Projects-by-Anika" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anika Valenti, Solicitor with Terri Janke & Company – IP workshop with Olkola Aboriginal Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="http://ala.org.au/blogs-news/indigenous-ecological-knowledge-the-olkola-people/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: The Olkola People</a></li> <li><a href="http://ala.org.au/blogs-news/indigenous-ecological-knowledge-olkola-and-killarney-station/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Olkola and Killarney Station</a></li> </ul> <figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="500" height="333" src="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2015/04/Olkola-2.jpg" alt="aerial view of Olkola Country" class="wp-image-33967" style="width:708px;height:472px" srcset="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2015/04/Olkola-2.jpg 500w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2015/04/Olkola-2-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Freshwater ecosystems including permanent springs, wetlands, lagoons, floodplains, creeks and rivers are a feature of Olkola country, which is rich in biodiversity and geodiversity. Image credit: Andrew Picone.</figcaption></figure> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <a name="Collecting-Indigenous-Ecological-Knowledge" id="Collecting-Indigenous-Ecological-Knowledge" title="Collecting Indigenous Ecological Knowledge" class="sr-only"></a> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" class="wp-block-heading" id="collecting-indigenous-ecological-knowledge"><strong>Collecting Indigenous Ecological Knowledge</strong></h2> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" id="the-tracks-app">The Tracks App </h3> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="642" src="https://edit-test.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2019/07/The-tracks-app-1024x642.jpg" alt="close up of app in use" class="wp-image-42097" style="width:389px;height:243px" srcset="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2019/07/The-tracks-app-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2019/07/The-tracks-app-300x188.jpg 300w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2019/07/The-tracks-app-768x481.jpg 768w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2019/07/The-tracks-app.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Ranger using the Tracks app.</figcaption></figure></div> <p>In 2017 the Central Land Council (CLC) obtained funding to develop a mobile app to support ranger groups in recording their tracking of bilbies and other small mammals, reptiles and pest animal species. The CLC partnered with the ALA to develop the app which was released in March 2018. </p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://ala.org.au/blogs-news/the-tracks-app-a-bi-lingual-mobile-app-exploring-biodiversity-in-an-indigenous-context/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Tracks App – a bilingual mobile app being used by Central Land Council rangers</a></li> </ul> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size" id="mapping-locations-from-memory-and-traditional-knowledge">Mapping locations from memory and Traditional Knowledge</h3> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p>As part of an ongoing collaboration between the Ngukurr Yangbala Rangers, members of Ngukurr and Numbulwar communities (South east Arnhem Land) and Macquarie University ecologists, we mapped local Indigenous Knowledge Holder sightings of past <em>freshwoda teduls</em>.</p> <p>In 2018 and 2019, the team visited a total of 74 Indigenous Knowledge Holders in their homes or took them out to billabongs. We attended a series of mapping workshops and interviews to record local knowledge of the distribution, ecology, cultural significance and threats to <em>freshwoda teduls</em>. Knowledge Holders described seasonal knowledge and indicators that related to <em>freshwoda</em> <em>tedul</em> hunting, behaviour, diet and physiology, including aestivation, fatness and breeding cycles. The Ngukurr Yangbala (young people) Rangers collaborated as co-researchers in all mapping workshops.</p> <p>This is the first time Indigenous Knowledge from the living memories of Indigenous Knowledge Holders can be seen on the ALA map alongside scientific species recordings.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=data_resource_uid:dr17780" target="_blank">Occurrence records for Mapimbat tedul proujek: Indigenous </a><a href="https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=data_resource_uid:dr17780" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">K</a><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=data_resource_uid:dr17780" target="_blank">nowledge of freshwater turtle species occurrence in the South East Arnhem Land Indigenous Protected Area</a></li> <li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.ala.org.au/blogs-news/diving-into-indigenous-biocultural-knowledge-of-freshwater-turtles-in-south-east-arnhem-land/" target="_blank">Diving into Indigenous biocultural knowledge of freshwater turtles in South East Arnhem Land</a></li> </ul> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="615" height="615" src="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2021/12/Shortneck-tedul-Emydura-subglobosa-worrelli-edited.jpg" alt="small turtle " class="wp-image-46037" srcset="https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2021/12/Shortneck-tedul-Emydura-subglobosa-worrelli-edited.jpg 615w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2021/12/Shortneck-tedul-Emydura-subglobosa-worrelli-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.ala.org.au/app/uploads/2021/12/Shortneck-tedul-Emydura-subglobosa-worrelli-edited-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Shortneck tedul (<em>Emydura subglobosa worelli</em>). Image credit: Yangbala Rangers.</figcaption></figure> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size" class="wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size" id="indigenous-languages">Indigenous languages </h3> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p>The <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://laal.cdu.edu.au/" target="_blank">Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages</a> has teamed up with the ALA and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://volunteer.ala.org.au/" target="_blank">DigiVol</a> to crowdsource the transcription of some of the literature materials shared through the archive. The Living Archive is a digital archive of endangered literature in Indigenous languages of the Northern Territory. It currently contains almost 4,000 items in over 50 Indigenous languages, all available under a Creative Commons license.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://wptest.ala.org.au/blogs-news/living-archive-of-aboriginal-languages/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ALA Blog by Cathy Bow – Living </a><a href="https://ala.org.au/blogs-news/living-archive-of-aboriginal-languages/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Archive</a><a href="https://wptest.ala.org.au/blogs-news/living-archive-of-aboriginal-languages/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> of Aboriginal Languages</a></li> </ul> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <a name="Indigenous-Cultural-and-Intellectual-Property" id="Indigenous-Cultural-and-Intellectual-Property" title="Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property" class="sr-only"></a> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" class="wp-block-heading" id="indigenous-cultural-and-intellectual-property"><strong>Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property</strong></h2> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p>The ALA worked with <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.terrijanke.com.au/" target="_blank">Terri Janke & Company</a> to develop some Indigenous Knowledge Protocols for the ALA. It includes the concept of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) which incorporates all aspects of knowledge (science, plant and animal knowledge, stories, designs and symbols, ritual knowledge), cultural objects (arts, crafts, weapons, tools), performances (ceremonies, dance and song) and human remains and includes the secret and sacred. As part of a broader review of the terms of use for the ALA – we are working out how best to implement the protocols, which includes guiding principles such as:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Respect</li> <li>Involving Indigenous Stakeholders</li> <li>Consultation</li> <li>Informed Consent</li> <li>Cultural Integrity</li> <li>Confidentiality and Privacy</li> <li>Attribution</li> <li>Equitable Benefit Sharing</li> <li>Recognition and Protection</li> <li>Timely, Transparent and Respectful Process for Responding to Feedback.</li> </ul> <p>Members of the IEK project team are working with Dr Jane Anderson from <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://localcontexts.org/" target="_blank">Local Contexts</a> to scope out and potentially develop and implement Traditional Knowledge Labels into various digital platforms within the ALA – e.g. seasonal calendars, Profiles – to support the ethical and equitable data sharing of ecological and environmental knowledge from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities. The intention is to also assess whether we need new TK Labels that will help identify and address Indigenous needs around the sharing of non-secret and non-confidential IEK.</p> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <a name="Previous-projects" id="Previous-projects" title="Previous projects" class="sr-only"></a> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" class="wp-block-heading" id="previous-projects">Previous projects</h2> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p>Above are the details of our current projects. To read about IEK work done in the past, please see below for more, and the <a href="https://www.ala.org.au/category/indigenous/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ALA Blog</a>.</p> <a name="How-to-get-involved" id="How-to-get-involved" title="How to get involved" class="sr-only"></a> <div style="height:50px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" class="wp-block-heading" id="how-to-get-involved">How to get involved</h2> <div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Contact:</strong></td><td>ALA Indigenous Ecological Knowledge program lead</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Nat Raisbeck Brown<br>Experimental Spatial Scientist<br>Email: <a href="mailto:support@ala.org.au" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">support@ala.org.au</a></td></tr></tbody></table></figure> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 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