<div dir="ltr">Hi Suchith,<div><br></div><div>I tried to reach out to the IP Geo network some time back but didn't hear from them. I'll try again. </div><div><br></div><div>Additionally this just came to my attention: <a href="https://www.indigenous-ai.net/position-paper" target="_blank">https://www.indigenous-ai.net/position-paper</a></div><div><br></div><div><i>The position paper on Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (IP AI) is a starting place for those who want to design and create AI from an ethical position that centers Indigenous concerns. It is an attempt to capture multiple layers of a discussion that happened over 20 months, across 20 timezones, , during two workshops, and between Indigenous people (and a few non-Indigenous folks) from diverse communities in Aotearoa, Australia, North America, and the Pacific. Our aim is to articulate a multiplicity of Indigenous knowledge systems and technological practices that can and should be brought to bear on the ‘question of AI.’ To that end, rather than being a single unified statement this position paper is a collection of heterogeneous texts that range from design guidelines to scholarly essays to artworks to descriptions of technology prototypes to poetry.</i><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,<br>Pyrou</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 9:53 PM Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thank you for sharing these very useful resources. This is very helpful for me to learn more on this topic.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> I
will read the books and links that you kindly shared</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> I will then email you to discuss more on the article
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Indigenous Peoples’ Community of Practice might also be of interest. The GEO Indigenous Peoples’ Community of Practice promotes knowledge sharing to improve Indigenous
peoples’ access and inclusion in the development of geospatial tools for sustainable natural resource management. Details at </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt"><a href="https://geoipcop.org/" target="_blank">https://geoipcop.org</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I have also now joined the RDA Indigenous data sovereignty WG so I can learn more. Thanks.</span><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal"> </span><br>
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<b>To:</b> Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:ezasa7@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">ezasa7@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>
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<div>I think you should start by connecting with the Global Indigenous Data Alliance which lists some resources for reference. They published the
<a href="https://www.gida-global.org/care" target="_blank">CARE principles</a> which outline some ethical principles about safeguarding Indigenous data. A couple of books: 1.
<a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d3799de845604000199cd24/t/5d6f8aae27641800017a9473/1567591089094/Indigenous+Data+Sovereignty+Book.pdf" target="_blank">
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Towards an Agenda</a> and 2. Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability. </div>
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<div>There's also an IDSolv RDA group: <a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/international-indigenous-data-sovereignty-ig" target="_blank">https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/international-indigenous-data-sovereignty-ig</a></div>
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<div>There is a real conflict with Digital Feudalism and Indigenous peoples concepts of land and territory. I've battled with this within our work in the Mekong region and it's challenging to find a middle ground. Please touch base to discuss this further if
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am working on an article for EthicalGEO [1] on Ethics of Digital Feudalism in Location Data
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">There are many ethical questions</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
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</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Details at </span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/geospatial-ig/post/ethics-digital-feudalism-gis" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/geospatial-ig/post/ethics-digital-feudalism-gis</span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I came across an article on Indigenous Data Sovereignty at</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://medium.com/technology-solidarity/indigenous-data-sovereignty-in-southeast-asia-with-pyrou-chung-b462db048cfe" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">https://medium.com/technology-solidarity/indigenous-data-sovereignty-in-southeast-asia-with-pyrou-chung-b462db048cfe</span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am interested to learn more on Ethical issues of Digital Feudalism</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">affecting Indigeneous communities. There are approximately 476 million Indigenous Peoples worldwide, in over 90 countries. Although they make up over 6 percent of the global population, they account for
about 15 percent of the extreme poor. They safeguard 80 percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity. The land on which they live and the natural resources on which they depend are inextricably linked to their identities, cultures, livelihoods, as well as
their physical and spiritual well-being. I respect the kindness, resilience, dignity and strength of indigenous peoples around the world.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">As Indigeneous communities play a key role as guardians of forests and biodiversity , are there any studies or any articles on the impact of AI based GIS/location platforms for Indigeneous communities? </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">As some big GIS cloud platform companies/vendors also have verticals in the mining industry, oil & gas</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">etc, are there any ethical guidelines so that AI tools and insights developed in forest monitoring, conservation, biodiversity projects by AI based platforms are not used by the platform vendors for mining
projects</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">in forests in the future?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">How will Digital Feudalism affect the economically poor? Are there any ethical guidelines to protect the rights of Indigeneous communities?
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Are there any studies or any articles on the impact of AI based GIS/location platforms for Indigeneous communities? If so, please email me the publication
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