Indigenous Digital Collections: An Early Look at the Organisation and Culture Interface

Nakata, Martin; Nakata, Vicky; Gardiner, Gabrielle; McKeough, Jill; Byrne, Alex; Gibson, Jason

doi:10.1080/00048623.2008.10721360

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“…As yet, there has been little formalisation or standardisation, and no integration of the requirements discussed above or the emergent innovative solutions into mainstream frameworks and standards (Gibson 2009;Nakata et al 2006Nakata et al , 2008a. Addressing these challenging issues involves building metadata and archival system frameworks or meta-systems that can accommodate multiple and plural perspectives on the record and its context, support participatory management models, and enable people and communities, once considered the subjects of the records, to add their perspectives and stories.…”

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Distrust in the archive: reconciling records

2011

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This article explores the role of archives in the construction of Australian Indigeneity, past, present and future, with reference to the colonial and postcolonial culture of the archive in Australia, the possibilities for refiguring the archive present in post-colonial thinking, Indigenous ways of knowing, and digital technologies, and the role of reconciling research in that process. It presents the main findings of an Australian Research Council-funded project, Trust and Technology: Building Archival Systems for Indigenous Oral Memory, and draws on Ph.D. research undertaken by Shannon Faulkhead relating to the role that written and oral records play as sources of the narratives of the Koorie people of Victoria in south-east Australia. In conclusion, the article proposes new legal, policy and professional approaches that support Indigenous frameworks of knowledge, memory and evidence. It also discusses the implications of the findings of the Trust and Technology project for archival theory, practice and education.

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Distrust in the archive: reconciling records

2011

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“…This has been facilitated by the availability of computers and network access even in remote communities. So, increasingly, digital copies of haptic originals or born digital materials, can be made available to be kept in the communities or accessed via controlled web sites [4]. To be acceptable, such digital repatriation must always employ systems to ensure that the materials can only be accessed, printed, copied or used in accordance with relevant cultural rules.…”

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“…The development of ATSIDA draws on research into protocols and standards for digitization of Indigenous research resources as well as the initiatives to apply the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services [2] to develop culturally appropriate modes of curatorial practice [4]. This project posits ways of bringing together the divergent requirements of research and Indigenous protocols to enhance the prospects of preserving and sharing Indigenous research data as shown in Figure 1.…”

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The importance of culture in digital ecosystems

Byrne

2009

Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems

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The increasing emphasis on research data curation is raising new challenges for curators and the systems they employ to create sustainable data archives that will respond to the evolving research environment. The skills developed in a long history of managing 'monocultural' quantitative datasets must now be extended to the broader requirements entailed in the management of complex digital ecosystems whose elements range from structured qualitative datasets to collections of research materials in multifarious formats. As in natural ecosystems, all are highly contextualized and often extremely sensitive in regard to storage, access and potential reuse. The protocols that codify those requirements must be formulated carefully and translated into systems management effectively. The curation of research data relating to Indigenous peoples starkly illustrates these challenges by presenting major cultural and ontological complexities. It suggests approaches for handling research data in other sensitive domains.

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“…Such information and things constitute what Radin (1982) and Moustakas (1989Moustakas ( : 1185 refer to as rights in cultural 'property for grouphood'. This complex knowledge economy has implications for the collection, digitisation and dissemination of indigenous knowledge (see Nakata & Langton 2006;Nakata et al 2008). Furthermore, assessments by indigenous people of the legitimacy of their leaders and governance are sometimes closely linked to their ability to protect and maintain these valued heartlands of cultural information.…”

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Governing data and data for governance: the everyday practice of Indigenous sovereignty

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2016

Indigenous Data Sovereignty

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Indigenous Digital Collections: An Early Look at the Organisation and Culture Interface

Cited by 36 publications

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Distrust in the archive: reconciling records

Distrust in the archive: reconciling records

The importance of culture in digital ecosystems

Governing data and data for governance: the everyday practice of Indigenous sovereignty

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