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“Hub Updates, white text on decorative orange background. API Updates, Hub Updates

Important Test Hub Updates

Oct 30, 2023 Starting on November 7th, 2023, our test Hub URL will be changing from anth-ja77-lc-dev-42d5.uc.r.appspot.com to sandbox.localcontextshub.org. This change to a new domain will allow all… …
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Announcement

Local Contexts Summit

Sep 15, 2023 The second Local Contexts Summit and film premiere was held 28 November in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand). The Summit brought together people from… …
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Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science Launch

Sep 15, 2023 Photo Credit: Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst Launched last week, the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS)… …
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Project Sharing and New Notices

Aug 16, 2023 The Local Contexts Hub will receive a major update on August 17, 2023 (US Pacific Time). The latest version of the Hub introduces the Projects… …
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Poster for webinar. “Local Contexts for Researchers. Webinar, July 19, 5-6:30 pm ET.” The Local Contexts logo, a ring made of white dots. Announcement

Local Contexts for Researchers

Jun 22, 2023 Are you a researcher excited about supporting Indigenous rights in your data and publications?  Do you want to know how the Local Contexts Notices help… …
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Text and screenshots on decorative red background. “Notices in use: Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories publication. Two screenshots of the article titled “Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories: Applying a Bidjara Way of Knowing to Understanding Records” by Leann Wilson and Rose Barrowcliffe with a TK Notice icon visible. Notices in Use

Notices in use: “Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories” publication

Jun 14, 2023 Leann Wilson (Bidjara/Kara-Kara and South Sea Islander) and Rose Barrowcliffe (Butchulla) wrote “Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories: Applying a Bidjara Way of Knowing to… …
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Labels in use: Waiata app

Jun 13, 2023 Whakatōhea Iwi in Aotearoa New Zealand has added some of their Traditional Knowledge Labels to waiata (traditional songs/chants) in the Whakatōhea Waiata App. The TK… …
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Films, Resources

Awasəwehlαwə́lətinα wikəwαmok | They Returned Home

May 26, 2023 Check out this film by the Penobscot Nation and Local Contexts that charts the groundbreaking work undertaken by the Penobscot Nation to restore Penobscot cultural… …
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Generational Sustainability of Local Contexts

May 23, 2023 Founded in 2010, Local Contexts is a community initiative that partners with Indigenous communities, organizations, information infrastructure providers, universities, and scholarly associations to fundamentally change… …
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Multi-Project, Provider’s ID Filter, Variable Updates

Apr 20, 2023 A few updates have been made to the Local Contexts Hub API. For more detailed information visit our API Guide or Changelog. New Calls: Multi-Project… …
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Event poster. “Local Contexts Summit 2023. May 10, 10am-4pm EDT. Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA), 225 W 13th, Lenapehoking, New York City, and online. Indigenous authority, control, & governance over Indigenous knowledges and data in the humanities and the sciences.” Decorative background shows mountain ranges in shades of blue. Local Contexts logo, a circle made of dots. Announcement

Local Contexts Summit

Apr 19, 2023 The first Local Contexts Summit was on May 10 in Lenapehoking (New York City). The Summit brought people together from across the Local Contexts community with a focus… …
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Sub and Related Projects

Apr 19, 2023 The Local Contexts Hub received a major update on April 10, 2023 (US Pacific Time). The latest version of the Hub introduces Source, Sub, and… …
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Local Contexts Newsletter

Apr 19, 2023 We are excited to launch the Local Contexts newsletter! In each newsletter, you will find a collection of the tools and support Local Contexts has… …
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Left: White text on a decorative green background: “The rise of digital archaeology highlights questions about whose archaeological heritage is collected and digitized, who decides what information is stored and where, what is shareable and shared, with whom digital data are shared, how they are cared for, and how they are curated for future use. Gupta, N., Martindale, A., Supernant, K., & Elvidge, M. (2023). The CARE Principles and the Reuse, Sharing, and Curation of Indigenous Data in Canadian Archaeology. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 11(1), 76-89. doi:10.1017/aap.2022.33” Middle: White text on a decorative green background: “The CARE framework can guide archaeologists in redressing problematic practices that distance Indigenous peoples from the entire ‘data life cycle'—that is, in the collection, interpretation, preservation, curation, circulation, and reuse of archaeological and other heritage data. Gupta, N., Martindale, A., Supernant, K., & Elvidge, M. (2023). The CARE Principles and the Reuse, Sharing, and Curation of Indigenous Data in Canadian Archaeology. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 11(1), 76-89. doi:10.1017/aap.2022.33” Right: White text on a decorative green background: “The burden of changing unethical processes, policies, and practice in archaeology often falls on Indigenous peoples, nations, communities, and scholars. Greater efforts must be made in all sectors within the archaeological community to bring data practice into alignment with the CARE principles, which can begin to shift this burden. Gupta, N., Martindale, A., Supernant, K., & Elvidge, M. (2023). The CARE Principles and the Reuse, Sharing, and Curation of Indigenous Data in Canadian Archaeology. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 11(1), 76-89. doi:10.1017/aap.2022.33” Articles, Resources

CARE Principles in Archaeology

Mar 9, 2023 The Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels were recently included in an article published by Advances in Archaeological Practice about the application of the CARE Principles… …
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Text and screenshot on decorative red background. “Notices in use. European Reference Genome Atlas.” Screenshot showing the European Reference Genome Atlas website, “A Genome Atlas of European Biodiversity,” with the Open to Collaborate Notice. The icon is a black square with two hands reaching towards each other over a box. Notices in Use

Notices in use: ERGA

Mar 8, 2023 The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) has applied an Open to Collaborate Notice. ERGA, the pan-European partner of the Earth BioGenome Project, is an international… …
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Operationalizing CARE Principles and Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Genomic Research

Mar 1, 2023 The Research Data Alliance recently published a blog about operationalizing the CARE Principles and Indigenous Data Sovereignty in a genomic research project. Written by genomicist… …
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Project View Updates

Feb 1, 2023 The Local Contexts Hub received a major update on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (US Pacific Time). The latest version of the Hub introduces new features… …
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Left: Text and screenshot on decorative red background. “Notices in use. Fortepan.us.” Below the title is a screenshot of the Fortepan website showing the TK and Attribution Incomplete Notice icons in the information about a sepia photograph. Right: Text and screenshot on decorative red background. A screenshot of the Local Contexts Hub showing the Fortepan project, Tama County, IA photos circa 1930. There are some links to the Fortepan site and the TK and Attribution Incomplete Notices icons. Text below: “Project on the Local Contexts Hub.” Notices in Use

Notices in use: Fortepan.us

Feb 1, 2023 Fortepan.us has applied Local Contexts Notices in its digital photograph archive. Fortepan.us is an open source archival platform presenting an alternative public history based on… …
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Local Contexts Our Governance webpage. Three rectangles in teal, orange, and green titled “Our Vision. Our Mission. Our Values.” Announcement

Building Community Into How Local Contexts Does Its Work

Jan 30, 2023 The Local Contexts project grew from the needs of Indigenous and local organizations who wanted a practical method to deal with the range of intellectual… …
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Notice in Use: Bilberry genome assembly

Nov 23, 2022 The bilberry is a widespread shrub that grows in northern Europe and has been a significant source of nutrition for the Sámi. The samples used… …
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Title slide of ArchivesSpace webinar. “Local Contexts initiative and integration plugin for ArchivesSpace. January 18, 2023 – Webinar.” At top left and bottom right, ArchiveSpace logo with large A in three blue shades. Talks

Local Contexts initiative and integration plugin for ArchivesSpace

Nov 18, 2022 In this webinar, Jane Anderson of New York University and Co-Director of Local Contexts gave an introduction to the Local Contexts initiative and newly launched… …
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Grounding Indigenous Rights in DataCite metadata

Nov 16, 2022 DataCite is an organization that provides and helps to manage and share DOIs (​​Digital Object Identifiers, a persistent identifier) for research data and outputs. By… …
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Poster for Natives in Tech Conference 2022: Developing Sovereignty in Tech. “Nov 4 & 5, 2022. Local Contexts: Supporting Indigenous data sovereignty in digital infrastructures. https://nativesintech.org/conference/2022” Two circles with headshots of Dr. Janette Hamilton-Pearce and Corrie Roe. Talks

Natives in Tech Conference 2022

Nov 2, 2022 Local Contexts took part in the two-day virtual Natives in Tech Conference 2022: Developing Sovereignty in Tech. Programme Lead, Dr. Janette Hamilton-Pearce, and Institution Outreach… …
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On a decorative blue background, title and diagram. Title: “Guidelines on the Implementation of the Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels and Notices in the European Reference Genome Atlas for Biodiversity Researchers.” The diagram shows Figure 1, the ERGA Label and Notice Implementation Workflow, steps 1 to 6. Step 1, metadata manifest upload by sample ambassador. Step 2, metadata brokering. Step 3, alert ERGA managers. Step 4, internal/public metadata sharing. Step 5, internal sequence data and data manifest upload. Step 6, internal/public repository selected. Articles, Resources

Guidance Documentation for Implementing Labels in ERGA

Oct 19, 2022 The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) in partnership with COPO and Local Contexts has created a guide for biodiversity researchers to support the inclusion of… …
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