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3 possible case studies covering 3 topics concerning data on indigenous people
- Culturally responsive metadata framework
- Research data and sharing of data (DMP) on indigenous people
- Digitization of indigenous collections (concerning primarily selection, but also metadata and access)
The idea is to cover topics connected with digital library infrastructures with an aim to argument that digital library infrastructure support not only access to cultural resources, but also metadata and data sets for research of indigenous communities within DH scholarly projects.
Topisc:
- Culturally responsive metadata framework
- Research data and sharing of data (DMP) on indigenous people
- Digitization of indigenous collections (concerning primarily selection, but also metadata and access)
In order to ensure the research of specific indigenous communities, as well as to ensure that the shared data are authorized and provide an accurate information on the community with no potential harm for its members, the metadata framework should be thoroughly considered. At the same time, it should be interoperable and provide multilingual user interface supporting language/dialect of the community itself. Also, it should support the information needs of the community of users (Borgman, 2009, p. 234).
It is important that metadata, which is integral part of a digital library, allow users to access content through multiple facets (subject, type, author, etc.) and establish both browsing and searching, and reflect interests and needs of the community for which it is designed (Farnel, 2016, p. 3). What is extremely important in the context of digital libraries of indigenous community is that “metadata design and application need to reflect, and protect, the needs of Indigenous people.”(Nakata, et al., 2008)
In theoretical framework, concept of information multiverse, metadata and controlled vocabularies and research data should be shortly explained, in order to testify their connection with DH research.
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Topic: Culturally responsive metadata framework
Although metadata are basically defined as “data about data” (Baca, 2016)
At a conceptual level, a culturally responsive metadata framework can be defined as a scheme for creating and implementing metadata for resources that is responsive to, and grounded in, a given local cultural context, including language and ways of knowing and understanding the world. The specific aspects of a framework will be dependent on the nature and character of the given cultural context from which it is derived.
The Community Case: The Inuvialuit and Their Digital Library – possible video?
The Inuvialuit Digital Library (https://inuvialuitdigitalli-brary.ca/) was developed as part of the Digital Library North Project, a four-year collaboration to develop a digital library infrastructure.
The idea for the case study (or interview) is to ask them to present the methodologies and approaches used in the development of a culturally appropriate metadata and description framework for the digital library. Especially to address soliciting community involvement for building knowledge organization systems, culturally appropriate feedback mechanisms for correcting knowledge organization practices, and deciding who will create the structure and format of knowledge organization systems.
Explanation: Using a participatory case study approach, Farnel explored Inuvialuit understanding of a responsive metadata framework for their digital library of cultural resources. The purpose of her study was to gain insight into how Indigenous communities in the northernmost region of Canada characterize culturally responsive metadata frameworks for digital libraries of cultural 20 resources, and what methodologies and approaches are effective and appropriate for surfacing them.
1.3 Research Questions The following specific research questions guided her study: a) how do Indigenous communities in the northernmost region of Canada conceptualize culturally responsive metadata frameworks for digital libraries of cultural resources? b) what methodologies and approaches are appropriate and effective in developing such conceptual frameworks?
Literature (I have used):
- Farnel, Sharon; Shiri, Ali. Community-Driven Knowledge Organization for Cultural Heritage Digital Libraries: The Case of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. In:: Advances in Classification Research Online 29(1): 9. DOI: 10.7152/acro.v29i1.15453
Gilliland, Anne J. Setting the Stage. In: Introduction to Metadata, ed. By Murtha Baca. Third edtion. https://www.getty.edu/publications/intrometadata/
Farnel, Sharon. Metadata as data: exploring ethical metadata sharing and access for indigenous resources through OCAP Principles. In: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes Du congrès Annuel De l’ACSI. https://doi.org/10.29173/cais974
FARNEL, Sharon, SHIRI, Ali, RATHI, Dinesh, COCKNEY, Cathy, CAMPBELL, Sandy and STOBBS, Robyn (2016) Of places and names: working with northern Canadian communities to enhance subject access to digital resources. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2016 – Columbus, OH – Connections. Collaboration. Community in Session 151 - Classification and Indexing
Farnel, Sharon, & Shiri, Ali (2014). Metadata for Research Data: Current Practices and Trends. International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, 74–82. Retrieved from https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/pubs/article/view/3714
PhD thesis: Metadata Frameworks Driven by Indigenous Communities in Canada’s North: An Exploration by Sharon Farnel (Department of Educational Policy Studies Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta)
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/73ddd5bf-ad06-4217-86f5-fe48ca7bd224
Nakata, M., Nakata N., Gardiner, G., McKeough, J., Byrne, A. and Gibson, J. (2008). Indigenous digital collections: An early look at the organization and culture interface. In: Australian Academic and Research Libraries 39(4), 223-236.
Nevile, L., Lissonet, S. (2003). Quinkan Matchbox Project: Challenges in Developing a Metadata Application Profile (MAP) for an Indigenous Culture. In: AusWeb2003: The Ninth Australian World Wide Web Conference.
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Data management – indigenous people
https://indigenousdatalab.org/
Global Indigenous Data Alliance. (2022). ‘Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance.’
https://www.gida-global.org/care
Indigenous data – data, information and knowledge, in any format, that impacts Indigenous peoples, nations, and communities at the collective and individual levels
Proposal for Case study invitation:
https://indigenousdatalab.org/
Stephanie Russo Carroll, DrPH, MPH
Stephanie’s research explores the links between Indigenous governance, data, the environment, and community wellness. Her interdisciplinary lab group, the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance, develops research, policy, and practice innovations for Indigenous data sovereignty.
Cameron Neylon. Case Study: Indigenous Knowledge and Data Sharing
CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
Global Indigenous Data Alliance. (2022). ‘Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance.’ P https://www.gida-global.org/care
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Ethical Issues in Digitization of Cultural Heritage
– Zinaida Manžuch, Vilnius University (selection, access….)
- Ethical issues in digitization
- Confidentiality of personal information in heritage documents
- Organizing access to heritage objects
- Selection and interpretation
- How ethical issues can influence the management of heritage digitization
- Digital community archives
- “Indigenous communities have been using digitization to regain control over traditional cultural knowledge that is excessively commercialized and used without the consent of the communities where it originated” p. 3
- The Right to Be Forgotten concept
Reference: – Zinaida Manžuch. Ethical Issues in Digitization of Cultural Heritage // Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 4(2017)
Hemi Whaanga, et al. The ethics, processes, and procedures associated with the digitization of indigenous knowledge – the Pei Jones Collection
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639374.2015.1009670