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. Its main arguments, however, can […]
Connecting people working with Indigenous knowledge sources in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
Category: Blog Posts
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. Krebs (1956–2013) was a member […]
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 and knowledge. To begin with, […]
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 (EK) of First Nations people […]
Pacific Libraries consider UN Sustainable Development Goals
I recently attended the Pacific Libraries Summit in Fiji which was organised to bring together key regional stakeholders, library practitioners and INELI-Oceania innovators to advocate for the role of public libraries in the region. One […]
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 Indigenous Archives. We conceptualise ‘Archives’ […]
