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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
Plus d’infos

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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Left: Text and screenshot on decorative red background. “Notices in use. Fortepan.us.” Below the title is a screenshot of the Fortepan website showing the TK and Attribution Incomplete Notice icons in the information about a sepia photograph. Right: Notices in Use

Notices in use: Fortepan.us

Fév 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… …
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Local Contexts Our Governance webpage. Three rectangles in teal, orange, and green titled “Our Vision. Our Mission. Our Values.” Announcement

Building Community Into How Local Contexts Does Its Work

Jan 30, 2023 The Local Contexts project grew from the needs of Indigenous and local organizations who wanted a practical method to deal with the range of intellectual… …
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Notices in Use

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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Title slide of ArchivesSpace webinar. “Local Contexts initiative and integration plugin for ArchivesSpace. January 18, 2023 – Webinar.” At top left and bottom right, ArchiveSpace logo with large A in three blue shades. Talks

Local Contexts initiative and integration plugin for ArchivesSpace

Nov 18, 2022 In this webinar, Jane Anderson of New York University and Co-Director of Local Contexts gave an introduction to the Local Contexts initiative and newly launched… …
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Resources

Grounding Indigenous Rights in DataCite metadata

Nov 16, 2022 DataCite is an organization that provides and helps to manage and share DOIs (​​Digital Object Identifiers, a persistent identifier) for research data and outputs. By… …
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Poster for Natives in Tech Conference 2022: Developing Sovereignty in Tech. “Nov 4 & 5, 2022. Local Contexts: Supporting Indigenous data sovereignty in digital infrastructures. https://nativesintech.org/conference/2022” Two circles with headshots of Dr. Janette Hamilton-Pearce and Corrie Roe. Talks

Natives in Tech Conference 2022

Nov 2, 2022 Local Contexts took part in the two-day virtual Natives in Tech Conference 2022: Developing Sovereignty in Tech. Programme Lead, Dr. Janette Hamilton-Pearce, and Institution Outreach… …
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Articles, Resources

Guidance Documentation for Implementing Labels in ERGA

Oct 19, 2022 The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) in partnership with COPO and Local Contexts has created a guide for biodiversity researchers to support the inclusion of… …
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Manaaki Whenua Systems Collections Data database sample entry for CHR 469903 with 4 Local Contexts Labels and 1 Notice. Collections details including specimen type, database record, preferred name, and identification type. On right, list titled “Permissions.” Beneath, text: “Project title: Biological specimens housed at Manaaki Whenua: Te rohe o Whakatōhea,” Beneath, text: “Reference: Local Contexts - Whakatohea.” Four Label icons and titles are below: “BC Provenance (BC P) | Nā wai/ Nō hea. BC Research Use (BC R) | Rangahau. BC Open to Collaboration (BC CB) | Kotahitanga. BC Open to Commercialization (BC OC) | Umanga.” Beneath, text: “Project title: Local Contexts - Allan Herbarium (CHR)” with Local Contexts BC Notice icon. Labels in Use, Notices in Use

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… …
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Articles

Benefit sharing: Why inclusive provenance metadata matter

Sep 21, 2022 A new journal article published today speaks to the need to establish Indigenous data provenance in genetic research. Co-authored by Local Contexts team members and… …
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Event poster for “We All Count: Talking Data Equity. Free webinar. October 28, 12 pm EDT.” At the bottom is the Local Contexts logo, a black circle made of dots. Talks

We All Count’s “Talking Data Equity”

Sep 16, 2022 We All Count’s “Talking Data Equity” is a series of weekly drop-in conversations addressing questions with people who are working on operationalizing data equity. Local… …
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Notices in Use

Notice in Use: Maine-eDNA

Sep 7, 2022 The Maine Center for Genetics in the Environment at the University of Maine and its program, Maine-eDNA, have applied the Open to Collaborate Notice on… …
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Film still showing Jane Anderson, a white person with short brown hair with a black and white shirt and silver earrings. Films, Resources

The Problem of Property

Août 11, 2022 In this film, Dr. Jane Anderson, Founder of Local Contexts, discusses the language of "property," "ownership," and the real, tangible questions around culture and cultural… …
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Notices in Use

Notices in Use: Wellcome Collection

Août 3, 2022 The Wellcome Collection, a London, UK, museum focused on health and human experience, has applied the Attribution Incomplete and Open to Collaborate Notices. On their… …
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Notices in Use

Notices in Use: OpenTEK

Juil 20, 2022 The four Local Contexts Notices — Traditional Knowledge, Biocultural, Attribution Incomplete, and Open to Collaborate — have been applied to the OpenTEK platform. OpenTEK is… …
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Notices in Use

Notices in Use: Karen Jamieson Dance

Juin 30, 2022 The Attribution Incomplete and Open to Collaborate Notices have been applied by Karen Jamieson Dance, a dance company based in Canada on the unceded traditional… …
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Labels in Use

Labels in Use: Oriana TV

Juin 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 –… …
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Labels in Use

Labels in Use: University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Juin 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

Notice in Use: Simon Fraser University

Mai 23, 2022 An Open to Collaborate Notice is applied to the Northwest Coast Image Archive in Simon Fraser University Library’s Digitized Collections. This collection in the Bill… …
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Labels in Use

Labels in Use: Sq’éwlets TK Family

Mai 13, 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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Poster for “Supporting Indigenous Data: Introducing the Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels: People, Plants and the Law.” Black and orange tree illustration at right. The University of Queensland Australia logo in top left. Talks

Supporting Indigenous Data: Introducing the Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels

Mai 11, 2022 The lecture series, People, Plants and the Law from the University of Queensland School of Law, explores the legal and lively entanglements of human and… …
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Poster for Indigenous Teaching Fellow Local Contexts presentation: “The Indigenous Teaching Fellow Series and Western Libraries present Local Contexts: Supporting Indigenous Rights and Interests in Data and Collections.” Headshots for Dr Janette Hamilton-Pearce, Corrie Roe, and Felicia Garcia. At bottom, logos for Indigenous Initiatives and Western Libraries. Talks

Local Contexts: Supporting Indigenous Rights and Interests in Data and Collections

Avr 28, 2022 Join Local Contexts’ Programme Lead Dr. Janette Hamilton-Pearce (Te Whānau-Ā-Āpanui), Community Outreach Manager Felicia Garcia (Samala Chumash), and Institution Outreach Manager Corrie Roe for a… …
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Notices in Use

Notice in use: American Philosophical Society CNAIR

Avr 27, 2022 The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at the American Philosophical Society utilizes the Open to Collaborate Notice. CNAIR strives to work with community-based… …
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Labels in Use

Labels in Use: Elsie Paul

Avr 6, 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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Poster for Sciences and the Sacred Seminar Series. “O Ke Kahua Ma Mua, Ma Hope O Ke Kūkulu: What is Indigenous Data Sovereignty?” Beneath, speaker headshots, names, and positions for Dr. Stephany Russo Carroll, Māui Hudson, and moderator Dr. Rosie Alegado. “Thursday, April 7, 2022. 6:00-7:30 pm HST. Zoom. Register at sciencesandthesacred.com. Hosted by Hawai’i Sea Grant Ulana ‘Ike Center of Excellence & The Biocultural Initiative of the Pacific with Support from Uh Mānoa Seed Ideas.” At bottom right, the three host logos. Talks

Sciences and the Sacred: Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Knowledge Stewardship

Avr 5, 2022 The Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Ulana ‘Ike Center of Excellence and the Biocultural Initiative of the Pacific hosted an online seminar series that will featured Indigenous… …
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