Working Groups

The eight IPinCH Working Groups target key research areas and create a venue for innovative, multi-sectoral, cross-disciplinary collaborations involving scholars, students and research partners.

During the first half of the seven-year project, the groups will: a) develop Work Plans and objectives; b) develop and evaluate areas of interest and perhaps even questions for case studies and other research initiatives; c) convene forums, seminars and/or symposia; and, d) explore issues with other scholars and audiences.

Later, in the second half of the project, the groups will use their initial work to: e) produce edited volumes for publication; and f) make policy recommendations.
  

Everyone working with IPinCH should join at least one Working Group of their own choosing.

Students, partnering organization representatives, co-investigators, associates, collaborators, research assistants, steering committee members, and community representatives are all encouraged to join.

The Working Groups are listed below, followed by a description of each group.

To join a Working Group, log in, then click "Working Groups" at the top of the menu that will appear on the left.

Click on the "Join" link to the right of the Working Group titles on the Working Group Directory page.

Working Group pages for team members to interact and discuss issues can only be accessed when logged in.

Working Group Titles and Co-chairs:

(click Working Group titles to navigate to their public pages)

Bioarchaeology, Genetics and IP
Chair: Daryl Pullman (Memorial University)

Collaboration, Relationship, and Case Studies
Co-chairs: Brian Noble (Dalhousie University) & Larry Zimmerman (IUPUI, Public Scholar of Native American Representation)

Commodifications of the Past?
Co-chairs: Sven Ouzman (University of Pretoria) & Solen Roth (University of British Columbia)

Cultural Tourism
Co-chairs: Lena Mortensen (University of Toronto - Scarborough) & Dave Schaepe (Sto:lo Research and Resource Management Centre)

Customary, Conventional and Vernacular Legal Forms
Co-chairs: Rosemary Coombe (York University) & Patricia Goff (Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada)

Digital Information Systems & Cultural Heritage
Co-chairs: Sue Rowley (University of BC) & Eric Kansa (University of California - Berkeley, School of Information)

IP and Research Ethics
Co-chairs: Alison Wylie (University of Washington) & Sonya Atalay (Indiana University)

Sourcebook and Community Tool Kits
Co-chairs: Susan Bruning (Southern Methodist University) & Ian Lilley (University of Queensland)