Indigenous Knowledge Databases: Sovereignty, Protocols and Future Food

The organisers of this event acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Custodians of Country and their continuing connection to land, sea, culture and community and pay our sincere respect to Elders past and present.
Indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage have been recognised for their significant contribution, not only to the health and well being of Indigenous communities around the world, but also to natural resources management, the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and food technology sectors, arts and cultural production industries.
Model regimes for the protection of Indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage against misappropriation often require the development of databases and registers as key components in the operation of such regimes. But in addition, the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) have digitized such Indigenous cultural heritage raising issues of consent and control of such collections and for whose benefit.
The legal issues around the creation, maintenance and use of these databases are many, ranging from copyright in those databases and other forms of IP rights in relation to the data recorded in, or used in the establishment of those databases, to issues of Indigenous data sovereignty, protocols and governance.
Professor Natalie Stoianoff of the Indigenous Knowledge Forum at UTS will be moderating this session featuring UNSW Scientia Scholar, Dr Margaret Raven, James Cook University ethno-botanist, Gerry Turpin, and University of Sydney Centre for Advanced Food Engineering Manager, Dr Diana Bogueva.
About our co-hosts
AUSCL The Australian Society for Computers + Law is one of Australia's leading interdisciplinary inter-generational think-tank promoting sustainable law, technology and society through open dialogue, its leading education program and its Policy Lab.
APCA Asian Pacific Copyright Association provides a forum for discussion and promoting, through legislation, dialogue and education the maintenance and development of copyright and related rights in the Asian Pacific Region.
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