Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property
Hi Cristen, I agree with Mariko—your article is looking really great so far! I think it's already present to a certain extent in what you've written, but in the ICIP section I think it would be valuable to add a statement or two really emphasising that the issue goes beyond copyright. I'm thinking of our tour to MOA and how a lot of the images for which the photographer would technically have copyright would be considered very inappropriate for viewing outside of a particular cultural ritual context.
Hi Evan, thank you for your feedback. Yes, I remember how it was pointed out that access restrictions extend beyond copyright or how copyright isn't even the issue in some cases, especially when a record is protected at a point before copyright is taken into consideration. I realize that this is something I need to consider further, as was pointed out, copyright is more of a secondary issue. Any thoughts?
Hi Cristen, On the issue of MOA and ICIP, you might want to see Krisztina Laszlo's (short) article "Ethnographic Archival Records and Cultural Property" in Archivaria 61. I am using it in my wiki as well. It expands on some of the ideas that Krisztina mentioned in our tour at MOA and, I think, addresses some of what Evan is getting at. Hope the source is helpful. Awesome job so far! :)