NDF2017 Keynote: Andrea Wallace - Access and the Digital Surrogate: Openness as a philosophy
Channel: NDF - National Digital Forum
Date: 2017-11-28

Keynote: Tuesday, November 21 • 16:30 - 17:30, Soundings
Andrea Wallace
Lecturer in Law, University of Exeter

Access and the Digital Surrogate: Openness as a philosophy
I'll discuss my research about institutional approaches to access and openness (both on-site and online), whether it’s understandable to users, how it can be more effective and impactful, and how intellectual property rights can make the process more difficult for everyone involved (but it doesn’t have to…!). 

Andrea Wallace (@andeewallace) is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter working at the intersections of copyright, cultural institutions, and the public domain. Her research considers the impact of digital technologies on the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage and the obstacles and opportunities presented by the digital realm. Recently, Andrea completed the Display At Your Own Risk project (displayatyourownrisk.org), a research-led exhibition experiment featuring digital surrogates of public domain works made available by cultural institutions. She's currently working on a new resource called the Copyright Cortex (copyrightcortex.org), which catalogues material about copyright and digital cultural heritage to provide the GLAM sector with scholarly commentary, practical guidance, and real world case studies all in one place.

Andrea is completing a PhD in Cultural Heritage Law with CREATe at the University of Glasgow, and has degrees in Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in Law from DePaul University College of Law and Radboud University. She frequently presents about open culture and the impact that a claim to copyright in reproductions has on meaningful access to and reuse of our common cultural heritage in the public domain. 

Andrea's keynote address is sponsored by Ministry for Culture and Heritage Manatū Taonga