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NYU Film Screening and Discussion

November 16, 2026
, 21:00 UTC - 22:30 UTC

In partnership with Local Contexts and Center CIRCL, NYU Libraries is excited to present a screening of the short documentary Awasəwehlαwə́lətinα wikəwαmok | They Returned Home, followed by a discussion with Dr. Jordan Kinder, Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communications. The film charts the groundbreaking work undertaken by the Penobscot Nation to restore Penobscot …

Cultural Institutions Working Group meeting

November 17, 2026
, 18:00 UTC

The next Cultural Institution Working Group meeting will be held November 17 UTC. For this meeting, we will hear from the group’s Chair, Gwen Saul, and colleagues at the New York State Museum. Their team has engaged in a long term effort to implement Local Contexts Notices, and have launched their use within their collections …

Local Contexts Hub Information Session

Dezember 2, 2026
, 22:00 UTC

Do you have questions about Local Contexts or the Local Contexts Hub? Curious about how you can use the Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels and Notices to support Indigenous data sovereignty and cultural authority? Sign-up for a group informational or Hub demonstration session with the Local Contexts team!

Local Contexts Virtual Office Closed

Dezember 28, 2026 - Januar 1, 2027
 

The Local Contexts team will be away from our desks December 28-January 1 for a year-end break. If you have any questions during this time, please contact us through our website, and we will get back to you when we return to our desks on January 4, 2027.

TUM Project Week: Data Ethics in Practice

Januar 11, 2027 - Januar 15, 2027
 

The Technical University of Munich’s Project Weeks create a framework in which students and lecturers work on innovative solutions to current problems across disciplines, curricula, and locations. Local Contexts is thrilled to collaborate with TUM to offer students a chance to engage in a shared space of theoretical and practical technical problem-solving with the goal …

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Finding Just Solutions to Appropriation of Indigenous Creation

März 29, 2022 Join Local Contexts Co-Director, Jane Anderson, in conversation with Trevor Reed and Madhavi Sunder for “Finding Just Solutions to Appropriation of Indigenous Creation.” Hosted by… …

TK Label in use: Passamaquoddy

März 18, 2022 The Passamaquoddy Tribe utilizes Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels on their Passamaquoddy Peoples’ Knowledge Portal website to connect their community to their cultural heritage, and to… …

Using Indigenous Standards to Implement the CARE Principles: Setting Expectations through Tribal Research Codes

März 15, 2022 Maui Hudson, Co-Director of Local Contexts, and several others published an article in Frontiers in Genetics titled "Using Indigenous Standards to Implement the CARE Principles:… …

eCampusOntario: An Overview with Local Contexts

März 4, 2022 This presentation with eCampusOntario was an introduction to the Local Contexts initiative and demonstration of the newly launched Local Contexts Hub. The Local Contexts team… …

Te Hau o te Taonga

Nov. 25, 2021 Te Hau o te Taonga: Kia piri te tikanga ki te mātauranga e rere ana. This poster gives an overview of how the Local Contexts… …

Read how the Oma People in Laos are integrating the Labels into their own Traditional Knowledge work

Sep. 20, 2021 Within the Database, "In addition to standard archive metadata, including a unique identification format of each piece of content, all content is tagged with a… …

Whakatōhea Traditional Knowledge Labels Presentation

Sep. 9, 2021 This presentation by Whakatōhea showcases how they implemented the Traditional Knowledge Labels for their Iwi. They share some fun strategies to teach the Labels through… …

Molecular Ecology: „Creating space for Indigenous perspectives on access and benefit-sharing: Encouraging researcher use of the Local Contexts Notices“

Apr. 21, 2021 Libby Higgins, Maui Hudson, and Jane Anderson encourage researchers to use TK, BC, and CI Labels and Notices to help Indigenous communities gain visibility within… …

See the first published BC Notice

März 3, 2021 Find it in the "Vaccinium myrtillus isolate NK2018 v1.0 genome sequence" analysis in the Genome Database for Vaccinium. …

Karuk Tribe TK Labels

Nov. 23, 2020 Local Contexts is working together with the Karuk Tribe to design intellectual property strategies with agreements for researchers; to develop transfer of ownership forms for… …

Penobscot Nation receives grant for Intellectual Property and Tribal Governance training

Nov. 23, 2020 The Penobscot Nation, in collaboration with New York University, has received a two-year IMLS grant to deliver intellectual property support and governance to twelve Tribes… …

Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal TK Labels

Nov. 23, 2020 The Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal — a collaboration between the Spokane Tribe of Indians, the Confederated Tribes Of the Colville Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of… …

Listen to a Penobscot Community Perspective

Sep. 20, 2020 James Francis, Sr. (Penobscot Nation) discusses using the Traditional Knowledge Labels in the Penobscot community. Click to watch the video here. …

„Indigenous Data Sovereignty“ Seminar at ASU

Dez. 17, 2018 "Indigenous data sovereignty is the right of Indigenous peoples to govern the collection, ownership, and application of data about Indigenous communities, nations, peoples, lands, and… …