JOURNAL

An infrequently updated collection of essays, musings, opinions, and trivial observations…

Mark Mauikanehoalani Lovell 10/15/26 Mark Mauikanehoalani Lovell 10/15/26

ON DATA COLONIALISM

Data colonialism in the age of AI is very real, and very risky, but it carries a genuine opportunity. By treating data not as an abstract commodity but as a digital extension of cultural autonomy, Indigenous people demonstrate how to how to treat our digital experiences with the human dignity it deserves.

Mark Mauikanehoalani Lovell 9/14/26 Mark Mauikanehoalani Lovell 9/14/26

THE POLITICS OF HAWAIIAN PRIORITY & the DHHL

If a society genuinely wants to honor indigenous rights, it cannot settle for casting itself as a benevolent trustee managing a pool of disenfranchised applicants. It has to be willing to share actual power.