On this page you will find the terms and permissions for using the Heart Berry Image and the Heart Berry Methodology in your teaching & learning practice.
Why is this so important?
With her gift, Alisha granted permission to Camosun College Library and Camosun College Instructors to use the image of her painting for educational purposes. However, it is important to understand that while the college owns the physical painting, the artist retains copyright over the use of her image.
Gifts of the Heart Berry is much more than a beautiful picture. In the service of both learning and decolonization, the Gifts of the Heart Berry image needs to be understood within the context of the Heart Berry Methodology.
The image should never be reproduced without crediting the artist and connecting the viewer to the Heart Berry Methodology.
- Creative Commons License.
The Heart Berry Methodology is published under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Licensing Alisha’s work with the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license means that you may:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
Suggestion for appropriate credit in the case of using the Heart Berry Methodology & the ‘Gifts of the Heart Berry’ image and making changes:
My adaptation of the ‘Heart Berry Methodology’ is a derivative of the ‘Heart Berry Methodology‘ [https://heartberrymethodology.opened.ca/methodology-of-the-heart-berry/] by Alisha Parks used under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. My adaptation of the ‘Heart Berry Methodology’ is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license by [my name]
Suggestion for appropriate credit in the case of adopting the image of the “Gifts of the Heart Berry” painting, including maintaining connection for the viewer to the Heart Berry Methodology:
This image, Gifts of the Heart Berry [https://heartberrymethodology.opened.ca/the-painting/], was painted by Alisha Parks to visually represent her ‘Heart Berry Methodology’; it is used here under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
- Traditional Knowledge Labels.
TKL decisions are currently under consideration; we are still learning and need to understand how to apply these labels in practice to protect the traditional knowledge that has been shared.
The “Gifts of the Heart Berry” painting is a visual representation of a framework based on Indigenous worldviews and ways of knowing; the visual iconography supports the concepts articulated by Heart Berry Methodology.