(Online-Vortrag) Ethics and responsibilities of Open Access and its realization in the Atikamekw First Nation’s Wikipedia

Anmeldepflichtiger Online-Vortrag
Organisiert im Rahmen der Open Access Week der University of Victoria (Kanada)

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Registration unter https://etcl.uvic.ca/2021/10/07/public-talk-ethics-and-responsibilities-of-open-access-and-its-realization-in-the-atikamekw-first-nations-wikipedia/

Title:
Ethics and responsibilities of Open Access and its realization in the Atikamekw First Nation’s Wikipedia

Speakers:
Nastasia Herold (University of Leipzig) & Thérèse Ottawa (Wikipetcia Atikamekw Nehiromowin)

Short abstract:
Manuscripts, recordings, photographs, whole data bases – all this can be legally protected, and this protection needs to be taken account when planning and realizing an open access project. But there is more than legal restrictions. Where does the data come from? Who is heard or seen in the data? Who were the informants, the interviewees? Can the open publication of the data offend an individual or a whole group of people? Ethical issues and our own responsibility (should) play an important role in open access discussions and open access research. On the basis of our own experience within the creation of a Wikipedia for the Atikamekw First Nation (https://atj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otitikowin), this talk aims to introduce the audience to an open access project managed and determined (within the rules of the Wikimedia Foundation) by community members whose knowledge is published in the project. Besides, we will answer Rehbein’s and Thies’ (2017: 355) question they developed as a schema for questions of responsibilities and ethics of a specific project: Who (1) is responsible for what (2) to whom (3) before which instance (4) according to which standards (5)?

Reference:
Rehbein, Malte / Thies, Christian (2017): “Ethik”, in: Jannidis, Fotis / Kohle, Hubertus / Rehbein, Malte (eds.): Digital Humanities. Eine Einführung. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler 353- 357.

Bios:
Nastasia Herold, German linguist and humanist. Collaborating with the Atikamekw First Nation (Quebec) since 2012. She lived and studied with the Atikamekw. In 2013, she initiated in Manawan (one of the three Atikamekw communities) a local Wikipedia project to preserve the Atikamekw language and culture. Today, the project is led only by Atikamekw and receives much attention in the Canadian media and abroad. Together with the Wiki Club Wikipetcia Atikamekw Nehiromowin and Wikimedia Canada, Herold was honored by the Canadian Social Knowledge Institute with the Emerging Open Scholarship Award in 2020. Nastasia Herold is Honorary Wikipedia Resident 2021/2022 of the University of Victoria.

Thérèse Ottawa, Atikamekw iskwew from Manawan. Mother of 7 children, Kokom of 15 grandchildren. Secretary of the directory for school authority of Manawan. Since 2016, coordinator for Wikipetcia Atikamekw Nehiromowin and Wiki Café Metapeckeka. Winner in the “Tremplin Nikanik” competition, organized by APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) in collaboration with NFB (National Film Board of Canada). Director of the documentary “Le chemin rouge / Red Path” (https://www.nfb.ca/film/red_path/?_gl=1*1924799*_ga*MTI0MDczMTExOS4xNjMxMjAxNDc4*_ga_EP6WV87GNV*MTYzMTIwMTQ3Ny4xLjEuMTYzMTIwMjE1Ni4w).

Vortragszeitpunkt: Mittwoch, 27.10.2021, 18-19 Uhr (MEZ)