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NYU Film Screening and Discussion

novembre 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

novembre 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

décembre 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

décembre 28, 2026 - janvier 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

janvier 11, 2027 - janvier 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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February 2024 Hub Updates

Fév 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… …

Welcoming ARAS Press Release

Fév 7, 2024 Local Contexts welcomes the Arkansas Archeological Survey as its first subscribing organization.  …

Consent, Disclose, Return Press Release

Jan 26, 2024 New rules have entered into effect affirming what Indigenous Peoples have always known: they continue to hold sovereign rights to their lands, knowledges, and cultural… …

Local Contexts Hub Maintenance

Déc 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… …

E Kore Au E Ngaro | The Connection Remains

Nov 28, 2023 Check out this film by the Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board and Local Contexts. As global momentum grows to properly value Indigenous ways of knowing alongside… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

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)… …

Project Sharing and New Notices

Août 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… …

Local Contexts for Researchers

Juin 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… …

Notices in use: « Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories » publication

Juin 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… …

Labels in use: Waiata app

Juin 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… …

Awasəwehlαwə́lətinα wikəwαmok | They Returned Home

Mai 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… …

Generational Sustainability of Local Contexts

Mai 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… …

Multi-Project, Provider’s ID Filter, Variable Updates

Avr 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… …

Local Contexts Summit

Avr 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… …

Sub and Related Projects

Avr 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… …

Local Contexts Newsletter

Avr 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… …

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… …

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… …

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… …

Project View Updates

Fév 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… …