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Service Provider Early Adopter Program

Abr 4, 2024

AUTHOR Dr. Stephany RunningHawk JohnsonFounding Executive Director, Local Contexts Local Contexts launched our Hub platform in beta in October 2021. Since then, we have welcomed hundreds of

Introducing Founding Executive Director Stephany RunningHawk Johnson

Nov 20, 2023

AUTHOR James E. Francis, Sr.Chair, Local Contexts Council, Department of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Penobscot Nation. We recently completed a search for our Founding Executive Director, and

Mellon Foundation Grants Local Contexts Start-up Funding

Nov 13, 2023

We are thrilled to announce that the Mellon Foundation has awarded Local Contexts funds to support our initial organizational leadership and operations. This two-year US$2.5

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 across

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Labels in Use

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

Labels and Notices in Manaaki Whenua

Oct 5, 2022

Last updated April 12, 2023 The first Biocultural Labels and Notices have been applied to an open biodiversity database using the Local Contexts Hub. Manaaki Whenua is

Labels in Use: Oriana TV

Jun 17, 2022

The Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels were recently applied in a film project produced by Aotearoa (New Zealand)-based television platform, Oriana TV, “E Reo Noku –

Labels in Use: University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Jun 3, 2022

Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Biocultural (BC) Labels are customized by Indigenous communities to give specificity and context, and suit their needs. Label customization is an

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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

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: 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 consortium

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 snapshots

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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Events

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Hub and API Updates

February 2024 Hub Updates

Feb 15, 2024

The Local Contexts Hub received a major update on February 14, 2024 (UTC). The update introduces Label and Notice embedding, Label template translations, new registration

Local Contexts Hub Maintenance

Dic 18, 2023

Starting January 17, 2024 UCT, the Local Contexts Hub will have scheduled service that could put it into maintenance mode for an extended time. This

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

Project Sharing and New Notices

Ago 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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Other News

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Beyond the Law: Property and Possession
noviembre 3, 2022
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Balancing openness with Indigenous data sovereignty: An opportunity to leave no one behind in the journey to sequence all of life
agosto 1, 2022
Abstract: “The field of genomics has benefited greatly from its “openness” approach to data sharing. However, with the increasing volume […]
East River Park, East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) and Corlears Hook Massacre, Lenapehoking
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