Ethnic Data Sovereignty: What are the issues?
Friday 10 October 12:00pm-1:30pm
Presenters/Facilitators: Annie Chiang and Rachel Simon-Kumar
‘Data Sovereignty’ describes the right to decide how data relating to individuals or communities are collected, accessed, managed, interpreted, used, and reused. This concept and associated frameworks were developed by indigenous scholars to assert their right to self-determination and to respond to misuse of indigenous data. In New Zealand, there is a growing body of scholarship on Māori Data Sovereignty and Pacific Data Sovereignty. Our study aims to explore what data sovereignty might mean and look like for Asian, MELAA, ethnic, migrant and former refugee communities.
In this participatory session, we provide a background to our study and the current literature on sovereignty issues for minority and marginalised populations within European and Anglophone contexts. Following this, we invite attendees to participate in our guided questions related to data considerations within their respective spheres. Using a Miro Board, session participants can engage in a discussion on some of the more topical and concerning issues to do with data for and about ethnic communities.
Annie Chiang is a researcher and teaching fellow at the University of Auckland. She recently completed her PhD on missingness in government collected datasets. She is keenly interested in the relationship between the state and citizens and the role that data plays in negotiating respective rights and responsibilities.
Rachel Simon-Kumar is Professor at the School of Population Health, Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland. She is interested in the politics of health for migrant and ethnic communities, and the role of data in constructing and deconstructing population groups.
What is an ethnic, former refugee, and migrant researchers online Tautoko session?
Ethnic, former refugee, and migrant researcher Tautoko sessions provide a dynamic informal space that fosters a collective sense of shared purpose with opportunities to learn from each other, share stories, experiences, research activities, methodologies, challenges, gaps and explore ideas and opportunities.
We celebrate all forms of community-led knowledge-making, whether it’s community-based mahi and mātauranga, or based within organisations, the public service, or academia. If you are developing or an ally of ‘by community for community’ learnings, we value your thoughts and contributions and want you to be part of our research network.
Come along and connect with other researchers, former refugees, and migrant peers who are passionate about research by and for ethnic communities and how it can be used to support collective action and positive change.
