Speaker:
John Welch
Event:
IPinCH Conversations
Date:
September 23, 2014 John R. Welch discusses his research and community partnerships, particularly his 20-year engagement with the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the redevelopment of the Fort Apache and Theodore Roosevelt School National Historic Landmark.
“I think it’s safe to say that every Indigenous group has interest in regaining greater sovereignty and control over intellectual property in cultural heritage, and also in finding better ways of representing that cultural heritage authentically and on their own terms so that others are not representing their history and culture for them, because that is a form of harm.”
John also provides unique insights into the concepts of intellectual property and cultural heritage, as well as the IPinCH project itself.
John R. Welch is Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology and the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, and a member of the IPinCH Steering Committee. Check out John's IPinCH profile for more on his work.
Video produced by Alexa Walker and Aynur Kadir (filmed in Oct 2013). Music courtesy of Mique'l and Mike Dangeli of the Git Hayetsk Dancers.
Related Links
- IPinCH Community Initiatives
- Community-Based Cultural Heritage Research (Research Theme)
- Indigenous Research Ethics (Research Theme)
