Improving Indigenous Research Capabilities: An Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander RDC
Channel: Australian Research Data Commons - ARDC
Date: 2021-09-17

A presentation of the project plan for Improving Indigenous Research Capabilities: An Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Research Data Commons (RDC), part of the ARDC-led Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Data Commons and Indigenous Research Capability Program.

About the project:
Representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, organisations and communities across Australia, this project will review and refine national and international frameworks of Indigenous Data Governance (IDG) and Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS) to collectively strengthen the foundations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data governance principles, of which will be translated and applied to Indigenous research data tools and infrastructure. The Indigenous Data Network (IDN) will deliver an Indigenous research capability program that celebrates, supports and enhances the capabilities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and researchers at the interface of research data science and Indigenous knowledge  systems.

Recorded: 17 Sep 2021

Presenters:
Professor Marcia Langton, Associate Provost and Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, Co-Chair Indigenous Data Network, University of Melbourne
Professor Aaron Corn, Inaugural Director of the Indigenous Knowledge Institute, University of Melbourne
Dr Vanessa Russ, Indigenous Data Network, University of Melbourne
Dr Kristen Smith, Indigenous Data Network, University of Melbourne

For more information and to provide feedback on the project plan, visit: 
https://ardc.edu.au/collaborations/strategic-activities/hass-and-indigenous-research-data-commons/project-plans/