Local Contexts (in Context)

Within the Database, “In addition to standard archive metadata, including a unique identification format of each piece of content, all content is tagged with a set of Traditional Knowledge Labels (TK Labels) relating to attribution of authorship, cultural sensitivity, or indication of multiple communities having responsibilities of custodianship over the specific category of objects.” Read …

Libby Higgins, Maui Hudson, and Jane Anderson encourage researchers to use TK, BC, and CI Labels and Notices to help Indigenous communities gain visibility within scientific research structures. Read the article here.

Find it in the “Vaccinium myrtillus isolate NK2018 v1.0 genome sequence” analysis in the Genome Database for Vaccinium.

James Francis, Sr. (Penobscot Nation) discusses using the Traditional Knowledge Labels in the Penobscot community. Click to watch the video here.