Open learning platforms contradict indigenous ways of knowing, according to the authors. The platforms depict indigenous knowledge as property, and they "shift authority over knowledge away from Indigenist intellectual sovereign processes" which ties knowledge (and sometimes access to knowledge) "to the identity and authority level of the intended audience." Hence, from a mostly Australian context, this paper "explores the capacity of open digital platforms to promote social justice according to how they host, incorporate, structure and disseminate Indigenous knowledges and languages." The paper calls on educational institutions to "cede digital territory possessiveness and preference for technology-centred production models" and "let go of fixation over outcome-focused and expensive technology that undermines presence of knowledge authority and ontologies and excludes use by people on Country and in remote communities." Fair enough, but I think this eventually raises tensions within indigenous communities between individual autonomy and community governance.
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