FOSS4G 2021/Indigenous Hackathon

Indigenous Hackathon

The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Indigenous Alliance in partnership with Space4Innovation is announcing the Indigenous FOSS4G Hackathon 2021: a hackathon by and for Indigenous communities. The challenges of the hackathon will be co-designed by Indigenous communities from around the world during a series of pre-hacks.

The Indigenous FOSS4G Hackathon 2021 will take place virtually on October 1-2, 2021. Everyone is welcome to participate. Join Indigenous communities in co-designing their own culturally appropriate ICT solutions using open source data and tools to address the challenges they face.

The Indigenous FOSS4G Hackathon 2021 will help maximise the social benefits of open data and tools by:

• Increasing awareness of Indigenous Peoples' specific data needs and priorities;
• Promoting the use of open EO data among Indigenous communities to address local issues;
• Improving and strengthening Indigenous/local culture through the use of open EO data and ICTs; and
• Improving cross-cultural communication between local communities, the FOSS4G

community and data providers.

Some of our previous Indigenous Hackathons:

• “Interview: The winners of the GEO Indigenous Hack4Covid launch the Visibilidade Quilombola app.”

February 10, 2021 https://www.earthobservations.org/geo_blog_obs.php?id=489

• “Meet the winning teams from the GEO Indigenous Hack4Covid Event”, June 19, 2020

https://www.earthobservations.org/geo_blog_obs.php?id=440

• “GEO Indigenous Alliance Founder Addresses Earth Data Providers”, by NASA June 5th, 2020

https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/news/geo-indigenous-alliance-founder-addresses-earth- data-providers

• “GEO Indigenous COVID-19 Hackathon 2020”, May 25, 2020

http://earthobservations.org/geo_blog_obs.php?id=432

• “Teams from Africa Win at GEO Indigenous Hack4Covid Event”, June 22, 2020

https://opportunities.africanews.space/teams-from-africa-win-at-geo-indigenous-hack4covid-event/

• “Engineering students link GIS technology with Indigenous knowledge”, January 28,2020

https://createdigital.org.au/engineering-students-link-gis-technology-indigenous-knowledge/

We look forward to seeing you there!

When

The Indigenous FOSS4G Hackathon 2021 will take place virtually on October1-2,2021

Where

Online. You will receive a link to our WorkAdventu.re room on your email.

Registered Attendees

The code sprint is free of charge but we kindly ask you to answer this form to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctX9jWV_h8l7goSUXjJCSyh2QxZkw83_X9hPE-AKGVV065ng/viewform?usp=sf_link