Cooke, Patrick, Fahey, Monica, Ens, Emilie, Raven, Margaret, Clarke, Phillip A., Rossetto, Maurizio, and Turpin, Gerald (2022) Applying biocultural research protocols in ecology: Insider and outsider experiences from Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration, 23 (S1). pp. 64-74.

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Abstract

Collaborations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous scientific researchers are increasingly mandated by global to local conservation policy and research ethics guidelines. Breakdowns occur due to misunderstandings around expected protocols of engagement and cooperation, which are compounded by lack of broader awareness of differences in cultural values, priorities and knowledge systems. Using first-hand experiences, we outline eight key protocols and guidelines that researchers should consider when undertaking research with Indigenous peoples, or on Indigenous Country, through exploration of biocultural protocols and guidelines within Australian and Indigenous customary laws. We use the onion as a metaphor to highlight the layers of protocols and guidelines that researchers can peel back to guide their research from international to local scales, with ethics around the research question at the core. This paper draws on the perspectives and experiences of an Indigenous researcher (as ‘insider’/‘outsider’) and non-Indigenous researcher (‘outsider’), working on a cross-cultural and multidisciplinary investigation of past Aboriginal dispersal of rainforest trees on the Australian east coast. This paper is part of the special issue ‘Indigenous and cross-cultural ecology - perspectives from Australia’ published in Ecological Management & Restoration.

Item ID:	77513
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1442-8903
Keywords:	cross-cultural ecology, First Nations knowledge, Indigenous biocultural knowledge, Indigenous engagement, Indigenous research ethics, two-way ecology
Copyright Information:	© 2022 The Authors. Ecological Management & Restoration published by Ecological Society of Australia and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2023 06:11
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