PLANET MAORI
Our Purpose - Our Culture - Our Values
Technologies - the rationale for their design, development, distribution, and usage are produced within specific cultures, worldviews and value-systems. Maori, Pacific, and Indigenous technologies are recognised as animate; imbued with the breath of life, they exist in form and function having emerged from the implicate order.
Maori, Pacific, and Indigenous technologies are created within complex sensory environments that build on our sense of relationship, meaning, balance, feeling, memory and place as well as sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. In meaningful interactions they engage and evoke significant knowledge and experiences unique to the Indigenous world. They bring to mind [and heart] oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, lagoons; mountainous lands and rich forests; low-lying islands and tropical fruits; nature in times of abundance, and nature in times of scarcity.
Pou Kapua, the largest Maori / Pacific Pou /Totem in the world,
moving from a dream to 2D, 3D, 360 XP, AR, VR, and language XP in Google Earth
[Re]Claiming our Technological and Data Sovereignty
Technological Sovereignty means having the freedom, resources, ability and capacity to create, generate, design, develop, produce, and distribute one’s own technologies and tools that express and support one’s values, culture, and language, worldview and knowledge systems.
Maori Technological Sovereignty means “the establishment and activation of a complete yet dynamic ecosystem that supports Maori as active owners, creators, designers, developers, builders, manufacturers and traders of technologies and innovations that will increase Maori wealth and improve their health and wellbeing across multiple domains” (Wolfgramm & Kingi, 2014).
Maori Data Sovereignty refers to “the inherent rights and interests Maori, whanau, hapu, iwi and Maori organisations have in relation to the creation, collection, access, analysis, interpretation, management, dissemination, re-use, and control of data relating to Maori, whanau, hapu, iwi and Maori organisations as guaranteed in Article II of Te Tiriti / Treaty of Waitangi” (Taiuru, 2020)
On the global stage, the United Nations further articulates in Article 11.1 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that, 'Indigenous peoples have the right to practise and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain, protect and develop the past, present and future manifestations of their cultures, such as archaeological and historical sites, artefacts, designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual and performing arts and literature.' Article 31.1 further includes that Indigenous peoples 'have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their intellectual property over such cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions.'
Here is the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
planet maori supports Technological and Data Sovereignty to Increase Maori Wealth
and Improve their Social and Economic Wellbeing
The development of the Māori Technology Sector is led by Manukura, a passionate, dedicated group of specialists with expertise in bringing people together for a common purpose - that is, bringing Kaumoana - innovators, technologists, content creators, entrepreneurs, personnel, and enthusiastic experts such as yourself and your organisation, to the Kaupapa of the Sector - achieving Technological and Data Sovereignty for Māori.
Planet Māori is a valued-based Indigenous Technology Sector, which means that all elements and entities align with, reflect and manifest these values in their actions. They are touchstones that centre Planet Māori and the work of its stakeholders, keeping all true to the Kaupapa of the Sector - Technological & Data Sovereignty.
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