The Indigenous Archives Collective are pleased to announce that we are now members of GLAM Peak! Collective members look forward to connecting with GLAM Peak members to contribute to dialogue on First Nations priorities […]
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Connecting people working with Indigenous knowledge sources in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
Position Statement on the Right of Reply to Indigenous Knowledges and Information held in archives released
We are delighted to announce the publication of the Indigenous Archives Collective Statement on the Right of Reply to Indigenous Knowledges and Information held in Archives. The statement supports the work of the Indigenous Archives […]
‘Indigenous Recordkeeping and Archives’ course goes live
The Indigenous Archives and Data Stewardship Hub, part of the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is proud to have launched the Indigenous Recordkeeping and Archives course […]
Working with Records of Trauma: A Reflection
Kirsten and Cassie recently published an article in the Los Angeles Archivists Collective magazine about our experiences while working with the New South Wales Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme from 2005–2011. The article Aboriginal Histories in […]
My Cultural Competency Journey / An Italian perspective of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections and services in GLAM
My cultural competency journey started in 2010, when I moved from Italy to Australia to study and work in the field of First Nations physical and digital archives[1]. At that time, I had just completed […]
THE RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN; thoughts from the ASA 2022 conference plenary
The final plenary of the 2022 Australian Society of Archivists conference was titled ‘Value of collections + value of governance = value of archives?’. The panellists were Distinguished Professor Maggie Walter (Emerita) of Sociology at […]
Indigenous Archives Collective Panel on research and the Tandanya declaration
Members of the Indigenous Archives Collective contributed a panel discussion at the 2020 Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) conference which is usually held in Prato (Italy). Due to COVID-19, the CIRN hosted an online event […]
Response to comments to the #BLACKLIVESMATTER AND ARCHIVES IN AUSTRALIA blog post
Recently I wrote a blog article about the engagement of the Australian GLAM sector with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and Indigenous activism. The blog article called for Australian memory institutions to shift from retroactive to proactive […]
#BlackLivesMatter and archives in australia
The escalating unrest in the US sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police has drawn the whole world into a conversation about racism, human rights, police violence and the #BlackLivesMatter […]
Looking up to research ethics
Please Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that the website to which the following story refers may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs and printed material. I […]
Reflecting on Designing the Archive ASA-ICA 2019 conference
After lunch on day two of this conference, I was going to the session delivered by the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC). I noticed on my way past another room, that the screen […]
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