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