Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges Launched by CAVAL
In 2022, members of the Indigenous Archives Collective responded to an expression of interest by CAVAL for a consultation partner to develop Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges . The scope…
ATSIDA data deposIt Licence Agreement
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA) is a specialised research data archive that supports the sovereign rights of First Nations people to maintain, control, protect and develop…
Indigenous Archives Collective Joins GLAM Peak
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
#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,…
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…
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…
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…
Right of Reply Symposium Issues Paper
The Indigenous Archives Collective has prepared a brief Issues Paper in the lead up to the Right of Reply Symposium. The Issues Paper aims to provide prompts for the afternoon’s…
Right of Reply – Indigenous Rights in Data and Collections Symposium
Bookings now available This one-day symposium will focus on the importance of Indigenous rights in data and collections & the importance of the Right of Reply in relation to Indigenous self-determination and national truth-telling efforts. The right of reply…
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…
‘Archival Consent’, Affirmative Consent and Free, Prior and Informed Consent
In the Los Angeles Archivists Collective article ‘Archival Consent’, Julie Botnick raises issues of ownership, consent, and agency in relation to institutionally held collections and collection-based decisions. She suggests revising…
Curatorial Activism by Maura Reilly
US author, curator and arts writer Maura Reilly’s ‘Curatorial activism: towards an ethics of curating’ explores the deeply entrenched white privilege and whitewashed forces at play in the art world.…
Our Knowing Allison Boucher Krebs (September 8, 1951 – January 26, 2013)
Excerpt from: Faulkhead, S. & Thorpe, K. (2016). Dedication: Archives and Indigenous Communities, A. J., McKemmish, S. & Lau, A.(eds), Research in the Archival Multiverse, Monash University Press. Allison B.…
Did you read it?
This is an annotated bibliography. I started it to give a brief account of some useful resources that address the interests of Indigenous people and their archives, arts, cultural expression…
Wirimbirra: How libraries and archives can support the cultural ecological knowledge of First Nations people
With the aim to reverse and decrease our environmental impact, many different environment initiatives, like Nation Parks NSW and CSIRO Environment Management are now looking to incorporate the environmental knowledge…
Revitalising the Indigenous Archives Network
2018 will see a revitalisation of the Indigenous Archives Network renamed as the Indigenous Archives Collective. Our aim will be to share stories, experiences, research, and questions on the importance of…