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Being a Good Relative in the Digital World - Coggle Diagram
Being a Good Relative in the Digital World
Relational Accountability (Core Indigenous ethics)
“We are accountable to all our relations” — Indigenous research frameworks
Knowledge is relational, not extractive
Respect, reciprocity, responsibility
Ask permission, not just cite
Relationships > “content”
CARE & Indigenous Data Sovereignty
CARE = Collective Benefit, Authority, Responsibility, Ethics
Opposes the Western “open data = good” assumption
Data must serve the people it comes from
Requires free, prior, and informed consent
Data is not just information it is a living relation
Digital Extraction & AI Colonialism(For Indigenous communities, AI brings peril — and promise)
“A new kind of extraction” — AI trained on Indigenous data w/out consent
Mirrors land/oil/mineral exploitation
Tech companies hold power, not governments
“AI threatens to distort and erase our knowledge” — Danielle Boyer
Indigenous data still being taken, misclassified, mistranslated
AI = both harm AND tool .depends on who has control
Digital Harm & Misuse
Cultural appropriation & context collapse
Commodification of sacred knowledge
Example: inaccurate AI-generated Indigenous language books
Mislabeling, erasure, invisibility
Exploitation is often invisible, not loud
Being a Good Digital Relative (Actions & Future Responsibility)
“Nothing about us without us.”
Always ask: Who benefits? Who is harmed?
Honor consent, context, and community control
Support Indigenous-led tech (e.g., Māori speech tools, Yup’ik AI)
Being a good relative ≠ performative allyship t is active, ongoing responsibility