CC Global Summit

This panel will explore the issues, challenges, opportunities, and best practices for engaging with Indigenous culture and knowledge. In some spaces, this conversation has been approached through the framework of intellectual property, however, in many indigenous communities the concept of “ownership” is not recognized. Discussion will likely cover topics including key concerns among Indigenous artists, historians, leaders, and creators with respect to open access and/or copyright law and fair copyright movements; how CC’s community and users and open access/sharing culture might best approach ICIP and TK, including if CC tools offer an appropriate solution at all; how to establish and instil best practices and their significance among non-Indigenous CC /open access users; and how to ensure sensitivity and respect towards relevant cultural and sociopolitical contexts if considering usage or collaboration.