Description
The IndigeLab Network invites researchers, artists, makers, and community storytellers to submit work for the Indigenous Data Communications Exhibit, a curated online exhibit celebrating Indigenous data shifters and re-makers.
We seek works that reinterpret, reframe, and transform data through Indigenous knowledges, worldviews, and lived relationships with place. The purpose of this exhibit is to showcase Indigenous ways of drawing on our knowledge systems to engage with, analyze, and create data. We invite submissions that highlight diverse Indigenous dataworlds.
Rather than a general exhibit displaying Indigenous cultural forms of knowledge, we are excited to spotlight the ways Indigenous Peoples have been and continue to be numerical peoples and trail blazers in contemporary data analysis and communication. We welcome a wide range of data translation forms, including graphs, charts, illustrations, beadwork, weaving, carvings, immersive soundscapes, role-playing or interactive methods, sensory pieces, songs, chants, land-based materials, and more, so long as the work is rooted in data.
Our curatorial practices will centre the protection of intellectual property, relational accountability, and accessibility. We will prioritize contributor control over determining how the exhibit shares their work(s).
Requirements
We welcome submissions that:
- Demonstrate Indigenous methods or methodologies in research, knowledge creation, and/or community collaboration.
- Show respectful, community-centered engagement with Indigenous Peoples and/or Nations.
- Align with OCAP® and/or CARE Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles.
- Draw from work that is completed or in progress.
We will not accept submissions that:
- Are about us, without us.
- Do not demonstrate alignment with Indigenous Data Sovereignty.
- Overemphasize Indigenous victimhood, damage, or trauma.
How to Apply:
To submit an application, please complete the form here by January 31st 2026 11:59PM EST:
https://www.indigelabnetwork.com/call-for-indigenous-data-communications/
