Events | IMA Event

Creating Inclusive Digital Collections

26 November | 15:00 - 16:00

Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)

Event Address

Online via Zoom

Event Website

https://dri.ie/events/creating-inclusive-digital-collections/

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Join the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) for an online training event on Tuesday 26 Nov at 15:00 GMT to learn about inclusive approaches to describing digital cultural heritage collections.

This event is aimed at digital archivists, cultural heritage professionals, community archivists, curators, librarians, and all those interested in learning more about enriching archives through community engagement methodologies, participatory practices, and inclusive strategies. 

Attendees will learn about:

  • The need for a more inclusive and respectful approach to describing digital cultural heritage collections
  • Practical resources and toolkits available to help detect harmful language, address bias, and implement inclusive interpretive strategies when describing cultural heritage content such as the Family Inclusive Language Chart and the Community Engagement Methodology: Resources, Reflections, Recommendations
  • Queer-affirmative interpretive strategies that can be applied to describing cultural heritage collections
  • Methodologies for embedding working with communities into cultural heritage practices when creating metadata and curating collections

The event will feature a brief introduction, presentations by the speakers, followed by a questions and answer session moderated by the event Chair, Beulah Ezeugo, where participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers, Margaret Middleton and Sofie Taes.