CARE stands for:
- C – Collective Benefit:
- For inclusive development and innovation
- For improved governance and citizen engagement
- For equitable outcomes
- A – Authority to Control:
- Recognizing rights and interests
- Data for governance
- Governance of data
- R – Responsibility:
- For positive relationships
- For expanding capability and capacity
- For Indigenous languages and worldviews
- E – Ethics:
- For minimizing harm and maximizing benefits
- For justice
- For future use
Source: Carroll, SR, et al. 2020. The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. DataScienceJournal, 19: 43, pp. 1–12.
The CARE principles are often considered in conjunction with the FAIR principles to highlight the need for balancing various considerations. At UiO, the CARE principles are part of the policy and guidelines for research data management.
The CARE principles largely overlap with fundamental research ethics principles but explicitly acknowledge the need to build positive relationships with engagement, responsibility, and trust in research projects involving Indigenous peoples and/or traditional knowledge.
For more information on working with Indigenous data, see the book "Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy" from 2020.