Vocabulary Work in the Field of the Network Colonial Contexts - A workshop report

The Germany-centred network Colonial Contexts brings together experts from different areas of the GLAM spectrum. It deals with questions of digital consolidation, processing and visibility, as well as possibilities of use of digital materials and data from colonial contexts. To ensure interconnectedness and accessibility, the use of controlled vocabulary is central. To address these issues, a separate working group has been established. The Working Group Thesauri aims to gain an overview regarding existing thesauri/vocabularies, tries to network them and discuss ethical questions when it comes to questions of naming especially regarding cultural groups. Keywords: Authority Files, Colonialism, Controlled Vocabularies, Decolonization, Library Ethics