Symposium: S4-192

Open Science, Indigenous Data Sovereignty and the Decolonization of Knowledge Systems

CSPC2024 Symposiums - S4b - 192 ENG
Organized by: Canada Research Coordinating Committee, National Research Council of Canada, Interdepartmental Indigenous STEM Cluster and South Africa-Canada Indigenous Knowledge and Science Systems Working Group
Panel Date: November 20, 2024
Speakers:
Dr. Emily Missyabit McAuley
Dr. Nokuthula Mchunu
Dr. Hachigonta
Dr. Jonathan Dewar

Abstract:
The Global Indigenous Data Alliance has called for a critical reformulation of Open Data and Open Science principles, noting that their focus on increased data sharing ignores power differentials and historical contexts. Similarly, researchers and practitioners from the Global South have warned that the push for increased data accessibility and interoperability – and the infrastructures and systems through which data circulate – are often entangled with extractive colonial practices. This session invites a reexamination of Open Science principles through the lens of initiatives that seek to advance the decolonization of knowledge systems and affirm Indigenous information governance and self-determination. Experts will discuss these initiatives, with a focus on the protocols, relationship-building processes, tools and infrastructures that have enabled and shaped them. They will also address challenges, and propose avenues for collaboration, with the Open Science movement with the goal of strengthening culturally relevant and sustainable data and research ecosystems.

Summary of Conversations:
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