Open AccessCreating an Accessible Commons
Author(s) -
Tarapuhi Bryers-Brown
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
commoning ethnography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2537-9879
DOI - 10.26686/ce.v1i1.4125
Subject(s) - commons , indigenous , sociology , publishing , traditional knowledge , political science , engineering ethics , public relations , knowledge management , law , engineering , ecology , computer science , biology
As an anthropologist working outside of academia, I have observed the potential for anthropology to influence and to be influenced is constrained by publishing restrictions. In this article, I discuss how we might address this by opening a flow of knowledge between researchers, research participants/contributors, and decision makers. Through the lens of an indigenous research paradigm, Kaupapa Māori, I consider how this opening up of a knowledge commons can support more ethical explorations of the roles and responsibilities of anthropologists to students, participants, decision makers, business, and communities. In particular, I highlight how anthropologists should create a knowledge commons that expands opportunities to ease structural inequality.