This document sets out key issues identified in the final plenary session at the AIATSIS research symposium on information technologies and Indigenous communities. Over 70 papers were presented at ITIC on the use of information technologies by Indigenous peoples. Illustrating the strength and vibrancy of the sector, presentations were delivered […]
2013 • AIATSIS • Australia • ICTs • indigenous communities • researchAboriginal Indigenous Languages Map
David R Horton is the creator of the Indigenous Language Map. This map is based on language data gathered by Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, (1996). The map attempts to represent all of the language or tribal or nation groups of Indigenous people of Australia. The Indigenous […]
aboriginal • AIATSIS • Australia • indigenous language • language map • mappingInformation Technology and Indigenous Communities: symposium presentations
Donwload the symposium program (PDF) This 2010 AIATSIS Research Symposium was co-hosted with the Australian National University and the National Film and Sound Archive and in conjunction with the National Recording Project’s 9th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance. About the Symposium Information Technology and Indigenous Communities (ITIC) explored the […]
2010 • AIATSIS • archive • challenges • conference • cultural heritage • intangible • researchAccess and Control of Indigenous Knowledge in Libraries and Archives: Ownership & Future Use
Abstract Last year, a friend of mine from a remote community in Arnhem Land, in northern Australia, came down to Canberra to look through various collections that pertained to his community and his clan, the Gupapyngu people. (The trip takes a day and a half by plane.) This material had […]
2005 • aboriginal • AIATSIS • Arnhem Land • Australia • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • library database • Torres Strait Islander