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

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 ecosystem. Building on a panel on the same topic held at the 2024 Canadian Science Policy Conference, the workshop is part of a series of events that seek to enable cross-border dialogues and collaborations around Indigenous information stewardship, data sovereignty and the decolonization of mainstream Open Science approaches.

Date: Thursday, 5 December 2024

Time: 13:00pm – 16:55pm

Location: The National Research Foundation (NRF) Chief Albert Luthuli Auditorium