← All articles

Photo · Gordon More

Indigenous-led responsible innovation: lessons from co-developed protocols to guide the use of drones to monitor a biocultural landscape in Kakadu National Park, Australia

Jennifer MacDonald, Cathy Robinson, Justin Perry, Maria Lee, Ryan Barrowei, Bessie Coleman, Joe Markham, Aaron Barrowei, Billy Markham, Henry Ford, Jermaine Douglas, Jatbula Hunter, Elijah Gayoso, Tyron Ahwon, Dennis Cooper, Kadeem May, Samantha A. Setterfield, Michael M. Douglas · 2021 · Journal of Responsible Innovation

Summary. Indigenous communities in Kakadu National Park, Australia co-developed protocols to responsibly introduce drone technology for monitoring their biocultural landscape. The protocols center Indigenous governance, ethical research relationships, and Indigenous-led innovation. They enable Indigenous cultural responsibilities for knowledge stewardship to guide and authorize how new technologies are designed and applied for adaptive management of Indigenous lands.

Read the original

Cite this article

MacDonald, J., Robinson, C., Perry, J., Lee, M., Barrowei, R., Coleman, B., Markham, J., Barrowei, A., Markham, B., Ford, H., Douglas, J., Hunter, J., Gayoso, E., Ahwon, T., Cooper, D., May, K., Setterfield, S. A., & Douglas, M. M.. (2021). Indigenous-led responsible innovation: lessons from co-developed protocols to guide the use of drones to monitor a biocultural landscape in Kakadu National Park, Australia. Journal of Responsible Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2021.1964321

Details

DOI
10.1080/23299460.2021.1964321
Countries
Australia
Regions
Oceania
Categories
indigenous-innovation, policy
Added
2026-04-28