Data science is creating an immersive digitally enabled society and the challenge for Indigenous communities is to thrive within this digital future. The opportunity lies both in decolonising algorithms as well as indigenising artificial intelligence to ensure equitable outcomes and enhance M膩ori distinctiveness.
Research Team
Dr Paora James Mato (1960-2021) Ng膩ti T奴wharetoa, Te Wh膩nau-膩-Apanui. I harir奴 te whenua i te hinga atu o te t艒tara nui i te wao nui a M膩tauranga. Haere whanatu atu e te rangatira kia marewa ake ai koe, kei te ika o te rangi, kei te huihuinga o te Kahurangi, au膿, taukiri 膿.
Dr Paora Mato was a celebrated scholar who was intricately involved in many aspects of the work undertaken by the TinT project. His generosity, his depth of thought, his empathy and his endearing presence will be forever missed. Moe mai r膩, e te rangatira.
The team working on the RA3 section of the Tikanga in Technology project are:
- Te Taka Keegan, 51萝莉
- Natalie Kusabs, 51萝莉
- Paul Brown, 51萝莉
- Daniel Wilson, University of Auckland
- H膿mi Whaanga, 51萝莉
- Kiri West, University of Auckland
- Tiriana Anderson, He Kura T奴墨 He Kura Ika
- Ivy Taia, 51萝莉
- Petera Hudson, Massey University
- Kirita-Rose Escott, Victoria University Wellington
- Kiya Basabas, Victoria University Wellington
- Manakore Rickus-Graham, Nicholson Consulting
- Ben Ritchie,
We appreciate the input from our hoamahi Dion O鈥橬eale and Dani Lucas to the research in Research Aim 3 work
Outputs
- Brown, P.T., Basabas, K., Escott, K.R., Keegan, T., Kusabs, N., Lucas, D., Taia, I., West, K., Wilson, D. (2023) Feedback on M膩ori Artificial Intelligence W膩nanga: He Kokonga H膩tepe: A framework for challenging colonising inherencies in algorithmic systems. Tikanga in Technology report.
- M膩ori AI w膩nanga, held at 51萝莉, 30-31 August 2022.
See recordings of w膩nanga on decolonising algorithms and invited speaker presentations. - Kylie Reiri keynote presentation on Analytics, for the good of communities. Te Rourou Symposium, Innovations in Applied Data, 3 June 2021 ().
- West, K., Wilson, D., Thompson A., & Hudson, M. (2020). M膩ori Perspectives on Trust and Automated Decision-Making. Report for the Digital Council.
Wh膩ki Webinar Series
Wh膩ki Webinar Series hosts monthly webinars aimed at the use of data and knowledge in M膩ori communities drawing on speakers from across the sector.