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Integrating Indigenous & Scientific Knowledge Using GIS on Megalithic Monuments in The Kelabit Highland of Sarawak

In response to UNESCO World Heritage Convention and Sustainable development goals (SDG) 11.4 to preserve legacies of human culture from the past, safeguarding agencies and research communities have integrated modern technologies such as web technologies, digital devises, GIS cartography into cultural heritage domain for effective management. Essentially, digital framework has emerged to become a vital model for cultural heritage preservation. This is in the face of a worldwide rapid development and landscape changes. However, despite increased global recognition of indigenous communities’ capacities to manage the fragility of their own cultural heritage from human and non-human threats such as climate change, little attention is given to their place based knowledge, skills and experiences within the expanding digital-based framework for cultural heritage preservation.