TY - JOUR
T1 - Northwest Native Plants
T2 - A Digital Space for Paleoethnobotanical Knowledges and Biocultural Heritage
AU - Carney, Molly
AU - Diedrich, Melanie
AU - Blong, John C.
AU - Guedes, Jade D’Alpoim
AU - Fulkerson, Tiffany J.
AU - Kite, Tiffany
AU - Leonard-Doll, Katy
AU - Lecompte-Mastenbrook, Joyce
AU - Zimmermann, Mario
AU - Tushingham, Shannon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Biocultural heritage preservation relies on ethnobotanical knowledge and the paleoethnob-otanical data used in (re)constructing histories of human–biota interactions. Biocultural heritage, defined as the knowledge and practices of Indigenous and local peoples and their biological relatives, is often guarded information, meant for specific audiences and withheld from other social circles. As such, these forms of heritage and knowledge must also be included in the ongoing data sovereignty discussions and movement. In this paper we share the process and design decisions behind creating an online database for ethnobotanical knowledge and associated paleoethnobotanical data, using a content management system designed to foreground Indigenous and local perspectives. Our main purpose is to suggest that the Mukurtu content management system, originally designed for physical items of cultural importance, be considered as a potential tool for digitizing and ethically circulating biocultural heritage, including paleoethnobotanical resources. With this database, we aim to create access to biocultural heritage and paleoethnobotanical considerations for a variety of audiences while also respecting the protected and sensitive natures of Indigenous and local knowledges.
AB - Biocultural heritage preservation relies on ethnobotanical knowledge and the paleoethnob-otanical data used in (re)constructing histories of human–biota interactions. Biocultural heritage, defined as the knowledge and practices of Indigenous and local peoples and their biological relatives, is often guarded information, meant for specific audiences and withheld from other social circles. As such, these forms of heritage and knowledge must also be included in the ongoing data sovereignty discussions and movement. In this paper we share the process and design decisions behind creating an online database for ethnobotanical knowledge and associated paleoethnobotanical data, using a content management system designed to foreground Indigenous and local perspectives. Our main purpose is to suggest that the Mukurtu content management system, originally designed for physical items of cultural importance, be considered as a potential tool for digitizing and ethically circulating biocultural heritage, including paleoethnobotanical resources. With this database, we aim to create access to biocultural heritage and paleoethnobotanical considerations for a variety of audiences while also respecting the protected and sensitive natures of Indigenous and local knowledges.
KW - Biocultural heritage
KW - Digital heritage
KW - Digital reference collection
KW - Ethnobotany
KW - Indigenous data sovereignty
KW - Online database
KW - Open Access
KW - Paleoethnobotany
KW - Research accessibility
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123773770&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/heritage5010016
DO - 10.3390/heritage5010016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85123773770
VL - 5
SP - 297
EP - 310
JO - Heritage
JF - Heritage
IS - 1
ER -