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From: Callaghan, Samantha <samantha.callaghan@kcl.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 3:23 AM
Subject: [globaloutlookDH-l] Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Indigenous
Futures
To: globaloutlookdh-l@uleth.ca <globaloutlookdh-l@uleth.ca>
Tēnā koutou katoa,
Sharing the following from my feed as it may be of interest:
Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Indigenous Futures
*Featuring: Jonathan Dewar, Sofia Locklear, and Jason Lewis*
*Hosted by: Joanna Redden*
*27 January 2022, 7:00PM*
*Free
Registration: https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IfDrjNyVQ0Sxei06AYA2Ow
(https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IfDrjNyVQ0Sxei06AYA2Ow)*
How do Indigenous peoples claim sovereignty over their data and
information, and work to transform the very means, methods and values
through which “data” is defined and disseminated? How can the exercise of
Indigenous data sovereignty and broader computational empowerment enhance
and inspire Indigenous identities, representations and futures? How can
“data” be Indigenized? Why should settler scholars, organizations, and
individuals learn about, support, and respect Indigenous data sovereignty?
The fifth and final event in our Big Data at the Margins series examines
the growing movement of Indigenous scholars and activists working to
challenge the ethical, legal, and cultural impacts of the colonial imposed
and externally mandated forms of data collection about Indigenous peoples
and to center the generation of autonomous Indigenous data values and
computational visions. Indigenous peoples know all too well the potential
harms to well-being, politics and culture that can come from the imposition
of settler-colonial data-informed policies. But even while nation-states
around the world, including Canada, “commit” to enact the provisions in The
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP),
implementation of these provisions continues to rely on data collection by
statistical agencies of nation states, NGOs and commercial interests.
Uninformed by Indigenous priorities and values, these ‘scientific’ data
practices inevitably reinforce the treatment of Indigenous groups as
“populations” not as sovereign “peoples” with legitimate claims to their
lands, cultures, and resources, including information. In addition to
demanding custody and control over externally generated Indigenous data,
advocates for Indigenous data sovereignty call for the re-design,
collection, dissemination and use of “data” itself, and for the empowerment
of Indigenous peoples to define and imagine their own narratives and
futures. Autonomous data practices and broader computational skills are
vital to Indigenous political and cultural autonomy.
Our internationally recognized group of panelists will guide us through a
discussion of the centrality of Indigenous data sovereignty and
computational empowerment to Indigenous health, identity, politics and
futures. Jonathan Dewar (Métis), the Executive Director of the First
Nations Information Governance Centre, is a recognized leader in healing
and reconciliation and Indigenous health and well-being education, policy,
and research. Sofia Locklear (Lumbee), assistant professor at Western
University, has worked with the Urban Indian Health Institute, a Tribal
Epidemiology Center serving urban Native communities across the US and
specializes in Indigenous evaluation methodologies. Jason Lewis (Hawaiian,
Samoan) is the University Research Chair in Computational Media and the
Indigenous Future Imaginary at Concordia University and co-directs the
Indigenous Futures Research Centre and the Aboriginal Territories in
Cyberspace Research Network.
Nāku noa, nā,
Sam
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Samantha Callaghan
KDL Research Software Analyst
As I am part-time, my working hours are mornings, Monday-Thursday.
King’s Digital Laboratory
King’s College London
Email: Samantha.Callaghan@kcl.ac.uk
Twitter: @Whetukiranana
*Pro-nouns: She/Her/Ia*
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