{"id":120222,"date":"2020-06-05T15:37:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T01:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=120222"},"modified":"2020-06-05T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T01:37:39","slug":"indigenous-voyaging-data-not-documented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/05\/indigenous-voyaging-data-not-documented\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous voyaging data not being documented"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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When it comes to the world\u2019s indigenous practices of wayfinding and voyaging, there is a lack of critical, ongoing documentation of this specialized knowledge, resulting in misunderstanding and even misrepresentation of these discoveries and concepts, according to a recently published study in the Journal of Documentation<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wayne Buente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That was the finding of a research team led by Wayne Buente<\/strong>, an associate professor in the School of Communications<\/a> in the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Social Sciences<\/a> and Chad K\u0101lepa Baybayan<\/strong>, navigator-in-residence at UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s ʻImiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The researchers confirmed previous findings that publications on indigenous practices of non-instrumental wayfinding and voyaging of Pacific Islanders were often ignored in widely used indexes such as the Dewey Decimal Classification in libraries, the Library of Congress and the Web of Science citation database.<\/p>\n

Buente said a relatively simple solution to this would be assigning unique subject qualifiers to distinguish among various contexts in which this concept is used.<\/p>\n

“For example, working with Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners could help construct appropriate terminology to improve existing classification systems,” Buente said.<\/p>\n

Added Baybayan, “It would greatly benefit the academic community, especially those doing research in traditional wayfinding and the voyaging arts if a more complete system was used to index their databases.”<\/p>\n

Buente said the researchers will continue working with indigenous communities “to advocate for the fair and equal representation of cultural knowledge and its practice.”<\/p>\n

More on the researchers<\/h2>\n

Buente serves as graduate chair in the School of Communications. He has pursued research projects that examine issues relating to information systems, digital inequality, social media and health disparities. He teaches classes that look at the interplay between society and information and communication technologies.<\/p>\n

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Chad K\u0101lepa Baybayan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baybayan is the highly respected captain and navigator of Hawaiian deep-sea voyaging canoes that include H\u014dk\u016bleʻa<\/span>. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Ka Haka ʻUla<\/span> O Keʻelik\u014dlani<\/span> College of Hawaiian Language<\/a> at UH<\/abbr> Hilo and a master\u2019s in education from Heritage College. At ʻImiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center, he delivers outreach programs and coordinates projects with science center partners.<\/p>\n

There were three collaborators at Kent State University (KSU<\/abbr>), School of Information Associate Professor Lala Hajibayova, recent master\u2019s in library and information science graduate Mallory McCorkhill and Associate Professor and head of metadata and cataloging at the KSU<\/abbr> libraries Roman S. Panchyshyn.<\/p>\n

—By Lisa Shirota<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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