This summary report documents a 2022 event that brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders alongside non-Indigenous professionals from academia and the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) sector. It captures their collaborative discussions and insights around co-designing a comprehensive Language Data Commons for Australia.
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Bringing Data to Life: Co-Designing a Language Data Commons, held on Yuggera and Turrbal land at the Brisbane Powerhouse, brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous leaders from academia, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) institutions to discuss co-designing a Language Data Commons for Australia.
The event was moderated by Gooreng Gooreng man Grant Sarra, and attended by over 70 people from academia and the GLAM sector both in person and online on 4 August 2022. The day began with 3 panel discussions in the morning and was completed by a roundtable discussion in the afternoon. These discussions are summarised in this report on the event.
Learn more about the Language Data Commons of Australia.
The Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA) project received investment (DOI: 10.47486/DP768 and 10.47486/HIR001) from the ARDC. The ARDC is funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
Sheppard, Harriet, & Musgrave, Simon. (2022). Bringing data to life: Co-designing a Language Data Commons. A Summary Report (1.0). Zenodo.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7425925
