Indigenous knowledge and material culture in the digital age
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Transcript Indigenous knowledge and material culture in the digital age
Lyndon Ormond-Parker
Centre for Health and Society
Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation
The University of Melbourne
Identity and Culture
Maintain and Use
Language
Maintain Kinship Ties
Relationship to Land and
Waters
Aboriginal Art Centre
Language and Cultural
Centres
Land Councils and
Native Title Bodies
Libraries and Museums
Historical Societies
Indigenous Knowledge
Centres (Digital
Archives)
The Ara Iritija Project
Northern Territory
Libraries (Community
Stories)
The Mulka Project
(Yolngu Archive &
Production)
Elements of a Successful Digital Economy
Government: lays the foundations for Australia's digital
infrastructure
Government: facilitates innovation
Government: sets conducive regulatory frameworks
Industry: demonstrates business digital confidence and builds
digital skills
Industry: adopts smarter use of technology to improve our
environmental sustainability
Industry: develops sustainable online content models
Community: enjoys digital confidence and media literacy
Community: experiences inclusive digital participation
Community: benefits from online engagement
Technology changes and
format shifting
Physical threats to local
collections
Lack of IT Expertise
Financial constraints
Data Loss
Maintain archives in
regional and remote
locations
Preservation and storage
Technical support and
training
Expertise in archiving
Two thirds under 30
49% aged under 20 years
over two-thirds (68%) of
Indigenous people lived
outside the major cities,
44% living in regional
areas and
24% living in remote
(Source: Australian
Bureau of Statistics)
Preservation of physical and digital archive collections
for the intergenerational transference of knowledge
The digital economy offers relevance and importance for
a growing up digital Indigenous population
Community based digital archives provide a range of
cultural and social programs for engaging young people
IT and mobile technologies are an important delivery
platform for content creation, distribution, viewing and
the intergenerational transfer of knowledge
A National body to support local community sector
Specific government policy and funding to ensure;
Management of physical and digital archives
Target young people for engagement in the IT sector
Support the collection, creation and delivery of
content
Support institutions to return digital archives – film
photos, manuscripts
Cultural rights of Indigenous Australians are
incorporated into the development of the digital
economy