Moree (Community Members) - Workshop for Closing the Gap Priority Reform 4
Let's yarn about how we can exercise our rights to control our own information, stories, arts and knowledges - Aboriginal Data Governance.
Date and time
Location
Moree SHAE Academy
114 Anne Street Moree, NSW 2400 AustraliaAbout this event
- 3 hours
It's time to tell our story our way. Aboriginal Data Governance is essential for re-writing the narratives that have been told about us. It can also be a tool for empowerment, shared decision making, community-led solutions and accountability.
Note: this event is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of NSW only.
Description
Within this workshop, the PR4 Team will provide an overview on what we heard during last year's community workshops for Aboriginal Data Governance. We will then talk through what it could look like for communities to develop and practice their own Aboriginal Data Governance, including what reforms and resources might be needed to support this in NSW.
Event Details
Date & Time: Wednesday May 1st from 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Location: Moree SHAE Academy - 114 Anne St, Moree
Morning tea & lunch will be provided!
Key Concepts
Aboriginal data can include our Lore, knowledges, stories, customs, arts and ways of life. It can include any information or knowledge which is about and may affect Aboriginal peoples both collectively and individually.
Aboriginal Data Governance refers to the ways in which Aboriginal people can exercise ownership and control over Aboriginal data, for example, how it is collected, interpreted, accessed, stored.
Note: Although we are currently using the terminology of 'Aboriginal Data Governance' in the context of this project, the PR4 Team does not wish to exclude Torres Strait Islander community members from participating in and sharing their perspectives within this workshop.
Your Data Sovereignty
Input for our workshops can be recorded in a number of ways; attendees can provide their informed consent for audio recordings, note-taking or to express their views of butchers' paper. For more information on how we collect and handle information gathered during our workshops, please reach out to us at AboriginalDataSovereignty@alc.org.au.
Artwork
Adapted from a commissioned piece by Yugilla-Mydni Swan (Kamilaroi, Gugu-Badhun, Mitakoodi)
'Data Sovereignty is our sovereign right to our own data. Our knowledges have existed, been maintained and protected for millenia through cultural practices. Aboriginal Data Sovereignty is the continuation of this practice within a digital age. This artwork represents transferral and sharing of knowledges with message sticks, data lines moving between communities. Knowledges are connected through traditions, community, country and culture.'
Copyright: NSW Aboriginal Land Council, used under standard licence to NSW CAPO.
Frequently asked questions
During our most recent engagement in Moree, attendees expressed that they wanted our next visit to include two distinct workshops - one for ACCOs only and one for community members only. The PR4 Team are more than willing to accommodate communities' decisions regarding how they want to be engaged.