NOTE: The session below is linked to the suggestion of organizing a pre-conf workshop on Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS).
In particular, the workshop could be oriented to be about learning "
Protocols for non-indegenous people working with Indigenous Knowledge"
This workshop should be co-Design with Badge Summit hosts (Noah, Kristi) and a few others, including:
- Taylor Kendall from LEF
- Nathan Schneider from UC Boulder MedLab
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Wakanyi Hoffman from
Inclusive AI Lab (University of Utrect) and
African Folkstales Project- and others
Additionally this session proposal might be reshaped to be a Dream Makers Lounge
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The Challenge: Colonial credentialing systems universally recognize Western validation mechanisms while frequently framing millennia-old Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) as “unrecognized” or “informal.” This perpetuates a fundamental injustice: the refusal to recognize
Indigenous Recognition Systems (IRS) themselves—the sophisticated, community-governed protocols for validating competence and conferring legitimacy that predate and function independently of formal institutions.
The Solution: Recognition Sovereignty: This session introduces the Indigenous Recognition Systems (IRS) framework as a decolonial model for justice. It argues for a paradigm shift: from seeking recognition for Indigenous knowledge (e.g., through Recognition of Prior Learning, RPL) to demanding recognition of
