Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0989457
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$48,000.00
Summary
Digitisation and Indigenous Communities: A study of the development of online collections. The interface between international institutions and Australian Indigenous communities. The preservation and protection of Australian Indigenous knowledge in the digital age is in the National interest. This research may offer much valued insight into the ways in which Indigenous people are engaging in the protection of traditional knowledge in Australia in the digital age. At the international level has ....Digitisation and Indigenous Communities: A study of the development of online collections. The interface between international institutions and Australian Indigenous communities. The preservation and protection of Australian Indigenous knowledge in the digital age is in the National interest. This research may offer much valued insight into the ways in which Indigenous people are engaging in the protection of traditional knowledge in Australia in the digital age. At the international level has seen the start of development at the World Intellectual Property Organisation into the International legal mechanisms concerning the protection of traditional knowledge and the intellectual property aspects of access to and benefit-sharing from such knowledge. This study will explore these important developments which are in Australia's national interest. Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0989294
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$190,000.00
Summary
Koorie archiving: Community and records working together. The integration, preservation and accessibility of all archival sources, forms and media of Koorie knowledge are vital to processes of recovery for those affected by past government policies and to national reconciliation. Working in partnership with the Gunditjmara community of the Victorian Western District and the Koorie Heritage Trust, the Project will assist Koorie and other Indigenous communities to access and control information ab ....Koorie archiving: Community and records working together. The integration, preservation and accessibility of all archival sources, forms and media of Koorie knowledge are vital to processes of recovery for those affected by past government policies and to national reconciliation. Working in partnership with the Gunditjmara community of the Victorian Western District and the Koorie Heritage Trust, the Project will assist Koorie and other Indigenous communities to access and control information about them and their culture, and to build sustainable community archives. This will help in establishing identity, reconnecting families, pursuing land claims, intergenerational healing, preserving culture, and redress. The Project will place Australia at the forefront of Indigenous archiving research.Read moreRead less