Local Contexts
@LocalContexts
Grounding Indigenous rights - Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels & Notices - Supporting Indigenous knowledge & data sovereignty
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Register for our next workshop to learn about the Local Contexts Traditional Knowledge & Biocultural Labels + Notices and how they can be used to support Indigenous rights & interests in collections & data.
Thursday, 4/25 @ 2P ET
dpla.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Discover how Europe's scientists are leveraging European Reference Genome Atlas to advance #GeneticResearch .
ERGA's innovative approach to handling #GeneticData , coupled w partnerships w the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) and Local Contexts, ensures respect for indigenous knowledge + local environments.
Incredible work coming from Maori relatives on #IndigenousDataSovereignty , setting the tone for the rest of us.
'the best line of defense against data misuse and exploitation may well be Māori communities themselves.'
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
The DPLA Rights Statements Working Group is hosting Local Contexts team members Stephany RunningHawk Johnson Corrie Roe & Emily Santhanam as part of the Reparative Description Workshop Series on April 25 at 18:00 UTC. For details & to register, visit the DPLA website. pro.dp.la/events/worksho…
Announcing our Service Provider Early Adopter program for platforms that have integrated/plan to integrate Local Contexts Labels/Notices. Read more in blog post by Stephany RunningHawk Johnson. Express your interest by April 19! localcontexts.org/service-provid…
Founding Executive Director Stephany RunningHawk Johnson & Director of Outreach & Strategy Corrie Roe will present about Local Contexts at the upcoming US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network Native Nations Institute US Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Governance Summit. Learn more & register on the Summit website: usindigenousdatanetwork.org
The next talk for the first Case Study is being given by Maui Hudson The University of Waikato 🎓, who is emphasising data use and availability when relating to #Indigenous samples Local Contexts Wellcome #BeyondtheSequence
I just discovered Local Contexts and I would invite anyone working with #Indigenous #Data to take a look at their #TraditionalKnowledge labels (localcontexts.org/labels/traditi…) and spend some time on their website. Very cool!
I enjoyed learning more about Local Contexts last week. Thank you The GEN program for the invite and sponsoring space for important conversations!