Archival Returns

Central Australia and Beyond

Linda Barwick, Jennifer Green, Petronella Vaarzon-Morel , Petronella Vaarzon-Morel

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Sydney University Press
03 February 2020

Music: styles & genres; History

Series: Indigenous Music of Australia

Place-based cultural knowledge

of ceremonies, songs,stories, language, kinship and ecology

binds Australian Indigenous societiestogether. Over the last 100 years or so, records of this knowledge in manydifferent formats

audiocassettes, photographs, films, written texts, maps,and digital recordings

have been accumulating at an ever-increasing rate. Yetthis extensive documentary heritage is dispersed. In many cases, the Indigenouspeople who participated in the creation of the records, or their descendants,have little idea of where to find the records or how to access them. Some recordsare held precariously in ad hoc collections, and their caretakers may beperplexed as to how to ensure that they are looked after.

Archival Returns:

Central Australia and Beyond explores the strategies and practices by whichcultural heritage materials can be returned to their communities of origin, andthe issues this process raises for communities, as well as for museums, galleries, andother cultural institutions.

Edited by: Linda Barwick, Jennifer Green, Petronella Vaarzon-Morel, Petronella Vaarzon-Morel
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781743326725
ISBN 10: 1743326726
Series: Indigenous Music of Australia
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 03 February 2020
Recommended Age: From 17 years
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Archival Returns: Central Australia and Beyond

The book is a successful attempt to move beyond arguments for the rights of indigenous communities into the more logistical arenas of how these rights, principles and cultural practices can be upheld in record-keeping and archival contexts. -- Kirsty Fife * Archives and Records * 'Archival Returns holds great potential for inspiring First Nations communities, researchers and cultural institution practitioners in their own community-centred initiatives and research ... This volume helpfully offers, through case studies, a number of tools that older and younger generations in Aboriginal communities can employ to protect, manage and maintain place-based cultural learning in archival materials.' -- Mariko Smith * Aboriginal History Journal *

Nominated for Australian Society of Archivists '2020 Mander Jones Awards' 2020 (Australia)
Winner of Australian Society of Archivists '2020 Mander Jones Awards' 2020 (Australia)