Session 1: Where Indigenous knowledge and methodologies intersect with research infrastructures
Tuesday, 3rd December 10.00AM AEST | Plenary session
Session abstract coming soon
Keynote Speaker
Dr Maggie Walter (PhD; FASSA) is Palawa, a member of the Briggs family of Lutruwita/Tasmania and Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Tasmania. Maggie writes extensively in the fields of Indigenous data, Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous methodologies. She is currently a Commissioner with the Yoorrook Justice Commission, Australia’s first truth telling inquiry.
Panellist
Associate Professor Maui Hudson is a member of the Whakatōhea Nation, the Director of Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato, and a Council Member for Local Contexts. His research interests include issues of Indigenous Data Sovereignty, and he is a co-author of the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance.
Panellist
Dr Stephany RunningHawk Johnson (Oglala Lakota) is the Executive Director of Local Contexts. She collaborates with Indigenous communities, bringing skills and knowledge of decolonizing and Indigenizing work. Stephany translates for institutions how and why protecting Indigenous data sovereignty is crucial, giving them ways to meet their obligations through the Local Contexts Labels and Notices.
More speakers to be announced soon
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise the importance of connection to culture, land, kinship and community to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander families. We acknowledge the cultural practices and traditions still carried out today and being passed down to future generations.