Online Pre-Event of the Swiss Open Cultural Hackathon 2024, that will take place at Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève on 29-30 September 2023.
This Pre-Event is dedicated to Local Contexts: Supporting Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Cultural Authority in Collections and Data
Link for joining the conference: https://cvs5133.ergonet.host/b/iol-gdq-fbx-tst
Argument:
Every Indigenous community has cultural and biological knowledge within educational systems, archives, libraries, and museums that they do not own, do not control, and cannot govern circulation over. Issues of responsibility, ownership, as well as incomplete or significant mistakes in the metadata extend to every other knowledge asset or digital record building upon this information.
Local Contexts offers a digital labeling system, the Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Biocultural (BC) Labels and Notices, that work to enhance and legitimize locally based decision-making and Indigenous governance frameworks for determining ownership, access, and culturally appropriate conditions for sharing historical, contemporary, and future collections of cultural heritage and Indigenous data. This presentation will give an introduction to the Local Contexts initiative, how its TK and BC Labels and Notices operationalize the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance and are being used in various settings around the world.
Speakers:
Jane Anderson, Co-Director, Local Contexts
Jane Anderson is an Associate Professor at New York University in Lenapehoking (New York) and Global Fellow in the Engelberg Center for Innovation Law and Policy in the Law School at NYU. Jane has a Ph.D. in Law from the Law School at University of New South Wales in Australia. Their work is focused on intellectual and cultural property law, Indigenous rights and the protection of Indigenous/traditional knowledge and cultural heritage.
Corrie Roe, Outreach Manager, Local Contexts
Corrie is the Local Contexts Outreach Manager. She earned a BA in Anthropology from the University of Vermont (2014) and a MA in Museum Studies from New York University (2018). Corrie’s previous roles with cultural and arts organizations in and around Lenapehoking (New York) have involved project management, community growth and support, public programming, and collections and exhibition research and management.
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