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0000-0002-5448-8799
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University of Tasmania
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Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-10-2021
Publisher: Australian Society of Archivists
Date: 02-01-2016
Publisher: Australian Society of Archivists
Date: 07-2013
Publisher: ANU Press
Date: 21-12-2019
DOI: 10.22459/AH.43.2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-07-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-03-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-07-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-08-2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-01-2017
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 14-03-2019
Abstract: In 2017 archaeological evidence was published which indicates that modern humans first arrived in Australia around 65,000 years ago. Through the countless generations since, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples built deep connections to the landscape, developed rich material culture infused with story and myth, and used oral and ceremonial traditions to transmit knowledge over thousands of years. Yet, since European invasion at the end of the eighteenth century, the provenance of ethnographic and institutional collections has largely been documented with reference to white collectors and colonial institutions. Attitudes are starting to change. Recent decades have seen significant moves away from the idea of the authoritative institution toward relational museums and the co-creation of knowledge. But the structure and content of much museum documentation continues to lag behind contemporary attitudes. This paper looks at the documentation of Australian ethnographic and anthropological collections through the lens of changing perspectives on provenance, including archival notions of parallel and societal provenance. When placed in the context of recent developments in material culture theory, these collections help to highlight the limitations of existing documentation. The paper concludes with a call for community involvement and a more relational approach to documentation which better encompasses the complexities of provenance and the entangled institutional, archival, oral, and community perspectives that accumulate around artefacts in museums.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 21-11-2016
Abstract: This paper aims to advocate that significant human and systems-based capabilities (termed “socio-technical capabilities”) need to be developed in government departments and other public sector organisations to support more effective description of information resources, collections and their context in online environments. The ideas in this paper draw upon the findings of several action research interventions undertaken within a government department in Victoria in Australia since 2011 as part of a knowledge management initiative. Specific focus is given to the design and development of a new record-centric knowledge curation tool (KCT). Effective functioning of KCT relies upon the input of well-structured, standards-based metadata used to describe collections, information resources and their context. The central claim is that the move towards standards-based descriptions will fundamentally change the capabilities required to manage, search for and disseminate knowledge and records. In addition to the capabilities discussed, management of records and knowledge through time requires commitments to stable repository, workflow and administrative systems, and working with contemporary systems involves technical knowledge such as the use of application programming interfaces. These aspects are not discussed here. The capabilities discussed in this paper are socio-technical in nature. This means there is a requirement to shift current perspectives about who is responsible for managing organisational information as collections. While some of the concepts discussed will be familiar to information professionals, the paper provides a unique description of how existing archival and recordkeeping practices are being integrated in innovative ways within organisations outside the information management professions.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2018
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 18-06-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-07-2016
Publisher: Australian Society of Archivists
Date: 04-05-2015
Publisher: Australian Society of Archivists
Date: 04-05-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-2015
DOI: 10.1057/KMRP.2013.41
Publisher: Australian Society of Archivists
Date: 04-05-2017
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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