Events
Upcoming Events
ATALM 2026
The Local Contexts team will be attending and presenting at the 2026 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museum held September 21-25 in Spokane, Washington, United States. The team is currently slotted to present: If you plan to attend, please reach out to our outreach team (or on the Whova app) to connect! See …
OPEN @ UNGA 81
What does digital sovereignty mean in an open world? On September 21, OPEN @ UNGA 81: A Conversation on Collaboration will bring together leading voices from open source, digital rights, and digital sovereignty — including Local Contexts Founder Jane Anderson — for a day of conversation on how the two intersect. Discussions will examine where …
Climate Week 2026
Building on last year’s inaugural Living Data, Living Lands, this year’s NYC Climate Week convening will center the question that the Global Indigenous Movement has been addressing for decades: How can Indigenous communities control the AI infrastructure itself? This gathering engages AI, which, left unchecked, could extend extractive logics that absorbs material without attribution, provenance, …
Hawai‘i Institution/Researcher Network meeting
The next Hawai‘i Institution/Researcher Network meeting will be held September 30 UTC. For this meeting, we will host a brief presentation orienting the group to Local Contexts Labels and Notices as tools for operationalizing Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov). We will also work in breakout discussions about IDSov principles and terminology and to compile resources, knowledge, …
Local Contexts Hub Information Session
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 Hub Information Session
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!
Past Events
Responsibilities, Ethics, and Access webinar
The Local Contexts team will present as part of the Creative Commons webinar, “Responsibilities, Ethics, and Access: A Conversation with the Authors of Guidance for Indigenous Collections and Indigenous Data” on September 1. This conversation will focus on the forthcoming Guidance for Indigenous Collections and Indigenous Data, a resource developed by Local Contexts and Creative …
Genomic Standards Consortium 2026
A Local Contexts Councilor will present at the 26th International Meeting of the Genomics Standards Consortium in Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand. This GSC meeting will bring together researchers, data stewards, and standards developers to examine how genomic repositories can support responsible, interoperable, and culturally grounded uses of AI. On August 12 NZT, Councilor Community Member …
ESA 2026
The Local Contexts team will present at the Ecological Society of America (ESA) 2026 Annual Meeting, held in-person in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Outreach Manager Emily Santhanam (Chickasaw) will present “Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Ecology: Leveraging Local Contexts Tools in Research for Recognition, Bridge-building, and Recompense” with Dr. Andrew Rominger, researcher at the …
Europe & UK Network meeting
The next Europe & UK Network meeting will be held July 20 UTC. For this meeting, we will host Dr Federica Villa (MUDEC – Museum of Cultures, Milan) as a guest speaker to present a talk, Shared Guardianship as a Response to Indigenous Intellectual Property Concerns in Museums. In this presentation, Federica will draw on …
Biocultural & Sciences Working Group Meeting
The next Biocultural & Sciences Working Group meeting will be held 8 July UTC. For this meeting, we will host a discussion around Open Fung’s upcoming work with the NSF-funded UC ExFAB Biofoundry. They will share about their work in mycology, and pose questions for the group to discern best practices around research ethics in …
Northeast Network and Technical Implementation Working Group Crossover Meeting
The next Northeast Network meeting will be a crossover meeting with the Technical Implementation Working Group. The meeting will be held 8 July UTC. For this presentation, TIWG Co-Chair Joshua Shaw will present on his work to develop a Local Contexts plugin for ArchivesSpace. This presentation will cover some of the development of the tool …
State of the World’s Plants and Fungi Symposium
Local Contexts Strategic Advisor Maui Hudson (Whakatōhea) will present as part of the State of the World’s Plants and Fungi Symposium, online and in-person at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, UK. On July 1 UTC, Maui will present “Acknowledging local contexts: Recognising Indigenous knowledge and provenance as part of the biocultural value of collections” …
Cultural Institution Working Group meeting
We look forward to connecting for another Cultural Institution Working Group meeting on June 25th, UTC! For this meeting, we have heard that many of our newer group members would appreciate an overview of the work that Local Contexts does, and some updates about new and different programs. If you have been following Local Contexts …
Library Working Group
The next Local Contexts Library Working Group meeting will be held June 23 UTC. For this meeting of the Local Contexts Library Working Group, our Co-Chairs Nik Crombie and Ori Atkins will lead a discussion around techniques and strategies for promoting Local Contexts outside the library. Current and invited members of the Working Group should …
Local Contexts Hub Information Session
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!
