Traditional Cultural Expression and Libraries

Proceedings

Keynote Address – “Intellectual Property, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Libraries: Balancing Access and Control (Video),” Wend Wendland – Head, Traditional Creativity, Cultural Expressions and Cultural Heritage Section, World Intellectual Property Organization – PDF of remarks

Panel #1 – The Nature of Traditional Cultural Expression: Legal and Ethical Issues (Video) (moderated by Janice Pilch)

  • “WIPO, Traditional Cultural Expressions, and the Role of Libraries and Archives,” Michael Taft – Head of the Archive, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • “Traditional Cultural Expression: Ethical Issues in Access and Preservation,” Kay Mathiesen – Assistant Professor, School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona

Panel #2 – Traditional Cultural Expression on the International Scene (Video) [Part 1 [Part 2] (moderated by Jonathan Franklin)

  • Dr. Michael S. Shapiro -  Acting Senior Counsel, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Jamie Love – Director, Knowledge Ecology International
  • Preston Hardison (Tulalip Tribes) – Watershed Policy Analyst, Tulalip Natural Resources

Keynote Address -  “Two Cheers for TCE Protection – What an IP Skeptic Learned in Indonesia (Video),” Peter Jaszi – Professor of Law – Faculty Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, Washington College of Law, American University

Panel #3 – Indigenous Perspectives on Intellectual/Cultural Property Rights and Access (Video) (moderated by Carrie Russell)

  • “Access and Cultural Protocol,” Loriene Roy (Anishinabe; Member Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Enrolled: White Earth Reservation) – Professor, University of Texas at Austin
  • “The Last Crusade: Maori Cultural & Intellectual Property Rights,” (ppt) Spencer Lilley (Te Atiawa, Muaupoko Ngapuhi) – Maori Services Manager, Massey University Library System, New Zealand
  • “Navigating the Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Divide,” Martin Nakata (Torres Strait Islander) – Chair of Australian Indigenous Education, Director of Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney

Panel #4 – Challenges to Libraries and Archives in the Management of Works of Indigenous Communities (Video) (moderated by Janice Pilch)

  • “Access and Accountability: Collaborative Management of Indigenous Materials,” (Slideshare) Kimberly A. Christen, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Washington State University
  • “Managing Indigenous Collections of Ethnographic Materials at the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center,” Michael Taft, Ph.D. – Head of the Archive, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • “Some Ethical Issues in the Archival Management of Intangible Cultural Heritage,” Robert Leopold, Ph.D. – Director, National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution; Co-chair, Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records

Panel #5 – Drawbacks to Traditional Copyright Protections and Alternative Models (moderated by Jonathan Franklin)

  • “Asserting Tribal Sovereignty in the Protection of Cultural Heritage,” Debra Harry (Northern Paiute) – Executive Director, Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism
  • “Alternative Frameworks for the Legal Protection of Cultural Expression,” Rebecca Tsosie (Yaqui) – Professor of Law, Arizona State University

Panel #6 – Emergent Technologies, Emergent Cultures: The Interface of Technology with Traditional Cultural Expression (Video) [Part 1] [Part 2] (moderated by Lori Driscoll)

  • “Divergent Cultural Notions of Knowledge, Circulation, and Property,” Ramesh Srinivasan – Assistant Professor, Department of Information Studies, UCLA
  • “Indigenous Use of Technology,” Greg Younging (Opsakwayak Cree) – Assistant Professor, Community, Culture, and Global Studies, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences, The University of British Columbia
  • “Common Ground in the Digital Commons,” (ppt) licensed CC BY 3.0 by Eric Kansa – Executive Director, Information and Service Design Program, School of Information, UC-Berkeley