Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Repatriation and the Biopolitics of DNA

Carroll, S; Rigney, D; Hemming, S; Della-Sale, A; Booker, L; Berg, S; Behrendt, L; Bignall, S

Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Repatriation and the Biopolitics of DNA

Carroll, S Rigney, D

Hemming, S

Della-Sale, A Booker, L

Berg, S Behrendt, L Bignall, S

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Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Repatriation, Science and Identity, 2023, pp. 234-259
Issue Date:: 2023-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Carroll, S
dc.contributor.author	Rigney, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9642-9906
dc.contributor.author	Hemming, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3284-1264
dc.contributor.author	Della-Sale, A
dc.contributor.author	Booker, L https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0621-5278
dc.contributor.author	Berg, S
dc.contributor.author	Behrendt, L
dc.contributor.author	Bignall, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8020-9418
dc.date.accessioned	2024-06-04T06:53:15Z
dc.date.available	2024-06-04T06:53:15Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Repatriation, Science and Identity, 2023, pp. 234-259
dc.identifier.isbn	9780367701918
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/179387
dc.description.abstract	This chapter brings together the experience and expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from law, cultural studies, philosophy, archaeology and education. We trace the complex interactions between contemporary DNA research, the Indigenous repatriation movement and Indigenous sovereignties. The emerging application of DNA data in the repatriation of Indigenous ‘human remains’ from colonising institutions to Indigenous Nations raises challenging questions: What are the continuities in this scientific intervention into the lives of Indigenous Peoples, and what are the discourses and narratives surrounding the interactions between scientists, Indigenous Nations and non-Indigenous institutions? How do concepts such as ‘race’, colonialism, governmentality, data and authenticity circulate and materialise in these interactions between Indigenous Nations and settler States? How might DNA data impact the negotiations of new treaties in settler nations such as Australia, and how has this issue been navigated in settler spaces where treaties with Indigenous Nations already exist? We consider the strategies that Indigenous scientists, leaders and scholars, often fluent in Indigenous knowledge systems, are applying in this fast-moving, data-gathering system of identity and politics. The chapter argues that Indigenous expressions and practices of sovereignty are central in creative negotiations between medical science, collecting institutions and Indigenous Nations.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis
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dc.relation	CAVAL Ltd
dc.relation	Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation
dc.relation	Moree Plains Shire Council
dc.relation	Museum of Contemporary Art
dc.relation	Paul Ramsay Foundation
dc.relation	University of Melbourne
dc.relation	NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet
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dc.relation.ispartof	Repatriation, Science and Identity
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dc.title	Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Repatriation and the Biopolitics of DNA
dc.type	Chapter
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Provost
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Provost/Jumbunna
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This chapter brings together the experience and expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from law, cultural studies, philosophy, archaeology and education. We trace the complex interactions between contemporary DNA research, the Indigenous repatriation movement and Indigenous sovereignties. The emerging application of DNA data in the repatriation of Indigenous ‘human remains’ from colonising institutions to Indigenous Nations raises challenging questions: What are the continuities in this scientific intervention into the lives of Indigenous Peoples, and what are the discourses and narratives surrounding the interactions between scientists, Indigenous Nations and non-Indigenous institutions? How do concepts such as ‘race’, colonialism, governmentality, data and authenticity circulate and materialise in these interactions between Indigenous Nations and settler States? How might DNA data impact the negotiations of new treaties in settler nations such as Australia, and how has this issue been navigated in settler spaces where treaties with Indigenous Nations already exist? We consider the strategies that Indigenous scientists, leaders and scholars, often fluent in Indigenous knowledge systems, are applying in this fast-moving, data-gathering system of identity and politics. The chapter argues that Indigenous expressions and practices of sovereignty are central in creative negotiations between medical science, collecting institutions and Indigenous Nations.

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