Rematriation Project
Increasing data capacities in frontline communities
This co-produced, environmental justice-focused data and professionalization project with Aqqaluk Trust—a tribal organization in NW Alaska—is aimed at increasing capacities in frontline communities for digitizing local collections, creating an online archive that is designed for Iñupiaq users, and increasing digital and data literacies. This project is creating protocols for equitable research partnerships between academic, philanthropic, and tribal organizations to serve frontline communities.
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The first iteration of this project is the digitization of the professional papers of Caleb Lumen Pungowiyi, a Siberian Yupik leader and climate change advocate. The Caleb Scholars Program (on whose board of directors I serve) will act as the custodian of Caleb's professional papers once the digitization is complete.
The co-produced project is a collaboration between Aqqaluk Trust, Virginia Tech English, Virginia Tech University Libraries, North Carolina State University, and American College of the Mediterranean.
Collaborators include:
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Lucy Aviññaq Boyd, Director of Operations, Aqqaluk Trust, Kotzebue, Alaska
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Dylan Paisaq Itchuaqiyaq, Digital Consultation, Aqqaluk Trust, Kotzebue, Alaska
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Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq, Assistant Professor, Technical & Scientific Communication, Virginia Tech
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Chris Lindgren, Assistant Professor, Technical Communication, North Carolina State University
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Kara Long, Metadata Specialist, Virginia Tech University Libraries
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Andi Ogier, Associate Dean of Data Services, Virginia Tech University Libraries
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Erin Yunes, Professor of Art History, American College of the Mediterranean
