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NYU Film Screening and Discussion
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
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
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
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
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 …
![Text on a decorative yellow background: “It’s not a free-for-all… ‘Accessible’ means somebody can access it but you are still allowed to regulate it… [To scientists who might feel strongly about unrestricted access to data:] you should check your ethics. That kind of thinking assumes best intentions, but [is] a little bit naïve, and within that naïveté is where bad actors can slip in.” Rosie Alegado (Kanaka ʻŌiwi) in “Open with Care: Indigenous researchers and communities are reshaping how Western science thinks about data ownership” by Sandeep Ravindran, Science Magazine
Text on a decorative yellow background: “Too often Indigenous Peoples have been told … they need to contribute their DNA so that it benefits humankind, and unfortunately Indigenous Peoples are the last to benefit…If that means upending the model so that Indigenous Peoples have proper stewardship and ownership of their data, then that’s a data future that I’m optimistic for.” Krystal Tsosie (Diné) in “Open with Care: Indigenous researchers and communities are reshaping how Western science thinks about data ownership” by Sandeep Ravindran, Science Magazine](https://localcontexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2-e1730828572667.png)
