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From: Alyssa Arbuckle <alyssaa@uvic.ca>
Date: Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 2:04 PM
Subject: [DHSI] Public Talk: Ethics and Responsibilities of Open Access and
its Realization in the Atikamekw First Nation’s Wikipedia
To: <Institute@lists.uvic.ca>
The Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (https://etcl.uvic.ca)and University of
Victoria Libraries (https://www.uvic.ca/library/) invite you to an upcoming
talk by 2021–22 Honorary Resident Wikipedian, Nastasia Herold (University
of Leipzig), with Thérèse Ottawa (Atikamekw First Nation), on *Ethics and
Responsibilities of Open Access and its Realization in the Atikamekw First
Nation’s Wikipedia*.
This event will take place online on *Wednesday October 27 2021,
9:00am–10:00am Pacific Time / 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern time* and it is free
and open to all.
Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ethics-responsibilities-of-oa-the-atikamekw-first-nations-wikipedia-tickets-187825490097
*Abstract*
Manuscripts, recordings, photographs, whole databases – all this can be
legally protected, and this protection needs to be taken account when
planning and realizing an open access project. But there is more than legal
restrictions. Where does the data come from? Who is heard or seen in the
data? Who were the informants, the interviewees? Can the open publication
of the data offend an individual or a whole group of people? Ethical issues
and our own responsibility (should) play an important role in open access
discussions and open access research. On the basis of our own experience
within the creation of a Wikipedia for the Atikamekw First Nation (
https://atj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otitikowin), this talk aims to introduce the
audience to an open access project managed and determined (within the rules
of the Wikimedia Foundation) by community members whose knowledge is
published in the project. We will answer Rehbein’s and Thies’ (2017: 355)
question they developed as a schema for questions of responsibilities and
ethics of a specific project: “Who (1) is responsible for what (2) to whom
(3) before which instance (4) according to which standards (5)?”
Reference: Rehbein, Malte / Thies, Christian (2017): “Ethik”, in: Jannidis,
Fotis / Kohle, Hubertus / Rehbein, Malte (eds.): *Digital Humanities*. Eine
Einführung. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler 353- 357.
*Bios*
*Nastasia Herold *is a German linguist and humanist. She has collaborated
with the Atikamekw First Nation (Quebec) since 2012. Herold lived and
studied with the Atikamekw and, in 2013, initiated a local Wikipedia
project to preserve the Atikamekw language and culture in Manawan (one of
the three Atikamekw communities). Today, the project is led only by the
Atikamekw and receives much attention in the Canadian media and abroad.
Together with the Wiki Club Wikipetcia Atikamekw Nehiromowin and Wikimedia
Canada, Herold was honored by the Canadian Social Knowledge Institute with
the Emerging Open Scholarship Award in 2020. Nastasia Herold is the
Honorary Resident Wikipedian for 2021/2022 at the University of Victoria.
*Thérèse Ottawa *is Atikamekw iskwew from Manawan. She is the mother of 7
children and kokom of 15 grandchildren. Ottawa is the executive secretary
for the school authority of Manawan. Since 2016, she has served as the
coordinator for Wikipetcia Atikamekw Nehiromowin and Wiki Café Metapeckeka.
Ottawa was named as a finalist for the “Tremplin Nikanik” competition
organized by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) in
collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada. She is director of
the documentary “Le chemin rouge / Red Path.”
(https://www.nfb.ca/film/red_path/?_gl=1*1924799*_ga*MTI0MDczMTExOS4xNjMxMjAxNDc4*_ga_EP6WV87GNV*MTYzMTIwMTQ3Ny4xLjEuMTYzMTIwMjE1Ni4w)
This event is part of UVic’s Honorary Resident Wikipedian program, brought
to you by the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab and the University of
Victoria Libraries (https://www.uvic.ca/library/).
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*Alyssa Arbuckle, PhD* (she/her)
Associate Director
Electronic Textual Cultures Lab | University of Victoria
alyssaarbuckle.com | @arbuckle_alyssa
