According to Manovich, the database and the narrative are natural enemies, each competing for the same territory of human culture. Aboriginal knowledge traditions depend upon narrative through storytelling and other shared performances. The database objectifies and commodifies distillations of such performances and absorbs them into data structures according to a […]
2005 • aboriginal • database • digital collections • knowledge management • knowledge tradition • performance • storytellingRights Markup Extensions for the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous cultures have experienced a renaissance over the past 5-10 years as indigenous communities have recognized the importance of documenting and sharing their cultural heritage and history. This has coincided with the explosion of the internet and the widespread application of multimedia technologies to the construction of large online cultural […]
2002 • cultural heritage • cultural protocols • digital collections • documenting • intellectual property • protection • XMLMukurtu CMS
The Mukurtu project began in the remote Central Australian town of Tennant Creek with the creation of the Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive. The project was born from the needs of the Warumungu Aboriginal community who wanted an archival platform that allowed them to organize, manage and share their digital cultural materials […]
archive • Arnhem Land • Australia • cultural protocols • digital collections • Mukurtu • WarumunguDigitising and handling Indigenous cultural resources in libraries, archives and museums
Abstract Indigenous cultural resources expose long memory trails which extend from understandings of origins to engagement with contemporary challenges. The tangible traces of aeons old intangible experience, they include practical and ceremonial artefacts housed in museums, sites of cultural significance, testimony and stories collected in libraries, and records of experience […]
2008 • cultural heritage • cultural protocols • curation • digital collections • indigenous / traditional knowledge • intangibleDigitised Indigenous Knowledge in Cultural Heritage Organisations in Australia & New Zealand
Abstract This research project investigates the digital collections from selected heritage organisations, exploring how and if the rights of Indigenous peoples are being protected by policy and protocol documents on the Web. It surveys selected heritage collections across Australia and New Zealand and explores digital collection policies at local and […]
2009 • cultural heritage • cultural protocols • digital collections • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • intellectual property • New ZealandDigital Cultural Communication: Enabling new media and cocreation in SouthEast Asia
Abstract Digital Cultural Communication (DCC) is a new field of research and design which seeks to build a cocreative relationship between the cultural institution and the community by using new media to produce audiencefocused cultural interactive experiences (Russo and Watkins 2005). By situating the development of cultural communities within DCC, […]
2005 • Asia • collaboration • culture • curation • digital collections • information literacy • new mediaQueensland Stories: community, collections and digital technology at the State Library of Queensland
Abstract In the vast state of Queensland, the ability to create and share stories about people, places, landscapes and ecology using digital technology and the World Wide Web bridges distance and difference. The sharing of stories is the key concept around which the Queensland Stories Program has been built. The […]
2008 • digital collections • digital storytelling • virtual libraryCitizen-created content, digital equity and the preservation of community memory
Abstract While the complex issues concerning the protection and preservation of digital assets are better understood by the information professions, there is still much thinking required about the preservation and protection of the new wave of citizen-created content. Traditionally information professionals in all types of memory institutions have clearly met […]
2009 • Aotearoa • asset management • community memory • culture | preservation • digital collections • New ZealandIndigenous Digital Collections
An article by Nicholas Nakata (2007) Abstract The intersection of public institutions managing large amounts of information and knowledge and new information and communication technologies has brought forward exciting and innovative changes to the ways information and knowledge have been traditionally managed. This paper provides a brief snapshot of some […]
2007 • Australia • digital collections • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledgeMukurtu Demo released & other good news…
This is a follow-up post to “Mukurtu gearing up for Spring 2011 release” dated February 27, 2011. Update #1: Mukurtu 0.5 Demo release is now available. Update #2: Mukurtu receives $484,772 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museums and Library Services. The funding will make it possible to deploy, […]
content management system • cultural heritage • digital collections • indigenous communities • intellectual property • MukurtuPreserving Endangered Languages using a Layered Web-based Archive
Abstract Many human languages, an essential part of culture, are in danger of extinction. UNESCO estimates that at least a half of the world’s 6500 spoken languages will disappear within the next 100 years. This problem can be addressed to some extent by computer systems that collect, archive and disseminate […]
2009 • Cape Town | South Africa • design • digital collections • endangered language • language | preservationRepatriation, Digital Media, and Culture in the Virtual Museum
A presentation by Kate Hennessy. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS). Many Canadian First Nations and Aboriginal organizations are using digital media to revitalize their languages and assert control over the representation of their cultures. […]
aboriginal • cultural heritage • culture • digital collections • Doig River • ethnography • First Nations • indigenous communities • intellectual property • language | preservation • museum • repatriation • virtual museum