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 in there had questions about provenance that the participants in that session were to consider. They caught my attention because […]
Reflecting on Designing the Archive ASA-ICA 2019 conference Read More »
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 roundtable discussions. See the paper here: Right of Reply Issues Paper October 2019. The event which is being held on Friday 18 October at the
Right of Reply Symposium Issues Paper Read More »
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 is becoming increasingly important for collecting institutions that hold Indigenous cultural materials and records. To engage with the right of reply is to recognise the issues and inherent biases associated
Right of Reply – Indigenous Rights in Data and Collections Symposium Read More »
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 my studies in Arts and Humanities and Cultural Anthropology and I was confident in engaging with archival collections. I had
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 traditional power structures that favour the institution and management roles by reframing collection related question to be based upon consent. Her example is rather than
‘Archival Consent’, Affirmative Consent and Free, Prior and Informed Consent Read More »
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 be applied to any curatorial lens, ie. literature, museums, pedagogy, or the archive, for example. For artists or people and
Curatorial Activism by Maura Reilly Read More »
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 of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, a Ph.D. student at the Information School at the University of
Our Knowing Allison Boucher Krebs (September 8, 1951 – January 26, 2013) Read More »
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, I’ve focused on references that might not be easy to find or don’t have summaries of their own. The list
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 into their practices and sustainability efforts. The natural resource management of many First Nations communities are low carbon and have
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’ broadly to encompass art, dance, storytelling as well as collections. Best described by McKemmish (2005) in relation to the Australian
Revitalising the Indigenous Archives Network Read More »
