From Collective Consent to Consultation Platform: An Experience of Indigenous Research Ethics in Makota’ay

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junctures: 20 indigenisation
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Published: Nov 26, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34074/junc.20071

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Jolan Hsieh
College of Indigenous Studies and Center for International Indigenous Affairs, National Dong Hwa University
Ena Ying-Tzu Chang
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan and Macquarie University, Australia
Sifo Lakaw
Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures, National Dong Hwa University

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In 2015, six organisations, including the Makota’ay Community Development Association, Hualien Tribal College (HTC), and the project team of Dynamics of Eastern Taiwan in the New Century at National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) co-signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Makota’ay, a Pangcah2 tribal community on the east coast of Taiwan. The MoU establishes a community-focused interactive paradigm that aims towards collaboration in the promotion of indigenous education. By agreeing upon the MoU, the parties become partners in research. This moved research away from conventional paradigm where Indigenous peoples are subjects, and put Makota’ay’s input and aspirations towards constructing local knowledge at the centre of the multilateral relationship. One of the purposes of the MoU is to enact Article 21 of The Indigenous Peoples Basic Law, which mandates that research involving indigenous peoples should obtain the consent of the individual, and collective consent of the indigenous community.

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Author Biographies

Jolan Hsieh, College of Indigenous Studies and Center for International Indigenous Affairs, National Dong Hwa University

Jolan Hsieh is a professor of Ethnic Relations and Cultures at the College of Indigenous Studies and Director of Center for International Indigenous Affairs at National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan. She belongs to the Taiwanese Indigenous Siraya Nation and currently serves as co-chair of World Indigenous Higher Education Consortium.

Ena Ying-Tzu Chang, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan and Macquarie University, Australia

Ena Ying-tzu Changis a cotutelle PhD candidate at National Dong Hwa University (Taiwan) and Macquarie University (Australia). Her thesis is on Indigenous health in Eastern Taiwan, focusing on the negotiation of the complex terrains of local sociality, cultural sovereignty, and biomedical hegemony.

Sifo Lakaw, Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures, National Dong Hwa University

Sifo Lakaw is a Ph.D student of Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures at National Dong Hwa University. He belongs to Pangcah Nation and is CEO of Hualien Indigenous Community College.