Australian Research Council LP200301027Indigenous storytelling and the living archive of Aboriginal knowledge
(2021-2024)
A/Prof Jeanine Leane; Prof Kate Senior; Prof Richard Chenhall; Dr Rimi Khan; A/Prof Gavan McCarthy; Dr Sabra Thorner; Dr Fran Edmonds
No archiving system adequately responds to the interconnected and relational knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples. This project aimed to explore the potential of Indigenous Storytelling, which supported the interconnection of everything, as a way of intervening in the linear structure of institutional archives. A non-linear, interactive archiving system was developed in collaboration with Aboriginal people. Such a system aimed to better reflect Aboriginal perspectives about culture and histories in relation to collections held in galleries, libraries, archives and museums. An evaluation of museums globally advanced understandings of the opportunities for greater Indigenous co-management of their dispersed collections.
Karen Rogers and Daphne Daniels (Ngukurr) viewing the Ngukurr collection at Museums Victoria. Photo: Fran Edmonds