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The intellectual property of Japan’s Indigenous Ainu people should be better protected

  • A/Prof Mayumi Okada,

Greater recognition of Ainu culture in Japan has led to increased tourism-related cultural appropriation.

How museums in Japan and Taiwan are supporting Indigenous cultural revitalisation

  • Dr Sophie McIntyre, Prof Scott Simon, Prof Futuru Tsai & Prof Koji Yamasaki,

Museums are developing new practices of partnership and collaboration in relation to Indigenous knowledges.

訪談 – 用筆來唱歌：文學做為臺灣原住民的民族防禦 

  • Prof. Paelabang Danapan（孫大川）,

巴厄拉邦‧德納班（卑南語：Paelabang Danapan），漢名孫大川，為臺灣知名政治人物、作家、編輯及學者。

Indigenous knowledge as interpretive practice: gotong royong and religious pluralism in contemporary Indonesia

  • Dr Samuel Curkpatrick and Hery Susanto,

Gotong royong can nurture ethical capacity and practical wisdom necessary for plural societies to flourish.

Protecting Indigenous design in a commercial world

  • Tara Gujadhur,

Protecting Indigenous designs from misappropriation is complex, but that should not be an excuse for inaction.

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