Student, Masters programme.
Faculty of Information Technology
Monash University
Caulfield East,
Victoria
Australia
Kirsten Thorpe will be presenting on Meeting the recordkeeping needs of Indigenous Australians: the Role of Education and Research on Tuesday
For Indigenous communities, access to current records and archives is critical to re-establishing community and family links, establishing identity and land rights. There are other claims, too, for example repayment of wages held by Aboriginal Trust Funds, and the recovery of Indigenous knowledge. Effective recordkeeping and archiving in Indigenous organisations and communities is also vital. Culturally appropriate recordkeeping training and education for Indigenous people, and research partnerships with Indigenous communities are essential components in achieving these objectives.
The speaker will present an overview of related initiatives at Monash University including the Monash Indigenous Archives Scholarship and research being undertaken by the Monash Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics, for example the Australian Research Council-funded Trust and Technology project.
The Trust and Technology project relates to building trusted archival services for Koorie oral memory. It was designed to address the challenge of archiving records of Koorie oral memory that is transmitted via the spoken word. Much of the knowledge transmitted was, and is, needed for the continuing survival of Koorie communities.
This challenge involves:
