Abstract

GONALONS, Guillermo L. Mengoni  and  TORRES, María José Figuerero. Digital data in archaeology and indigenous communities: a view from a collaborative perspective. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2023, vol.16, n.3, pp.345-362.  Epub Dec 28, 2023. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v16.n2.41157.

The digital age has revolutionized our way of conceptualizing and managing information generated by research projects in the Humanities. Converting from “analogical data” to “digital data” has expanded how knowledge stored virtually in Open Access is preserved and shared. In spite of this, data from many collections categorized as archaeological and / or ethnographical come from contexts where intellectual property, author rights, governance and cultural sovereignty are blurred and pass from those who were the original makers/creators (or their descendants) to the science researcher. We analyze what data are in the scientific system, in archaeology in particular, and for indigenous peoples and we reflect upon who holds sovereignty. We propose working from a collaborative standpoint centered on dialogue with indigenous communities in order to negotiate a consensus on the ways of giving access and allowing governance of digital data on the history and culture of originary peoples. This is a way of recognizing indigenous rights and of contributing to the process of cultural recovery and visibilization that many indigenous communities are currently pursuing.

Keywords : Digital data; Indigenous communities; Collaborative perspective; Governance.

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