Data and Sovereignty

Join 2025 Artspace studio artist and practicing lawyer Shevaun Wright and legal scholar Kris Wilson for a conversation on the multiple intersections of data and Indigenous sovereignty. Drawing from their expertise across Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP), data sovereignty and cybersecurity, Wright and Wilson will explore how First Nations cultural heritage and knowledge circulate in a digital context, and the crucial role that data access plays in self-determination. As part of the program series for Amongst the clouds, this discussion recognises data as a force that touches nearly all aspects of life and one that poses complex legal, ethical, and political questions for First Nations communities.