Indigenous Archives: Opportunities of Archival Access in an Information Society Teague Schneiter IsumaTV
Jun 29, 2015
Indigenous Archives: Opportunities of Archival Access in an Information
Society
Teague Schneiter
IsumaTV
Isuma.tv
Igloolik, Nunavut, Northern Canada
Potential clashes
• accepted notions of intellectual property rights versus notions of ownership that are less focused on individual creator
• dilemmas about making recordings of ceremonies available for research in mainstream institutions versus keeping content secret or sacred for community use
• clashes between institutions managing collections that pertain to indigenous people versus indigenous self-management or sovereignty
Some interesting Indigenous Archives and Software Initiatives:
• Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive: www.mukurtuarchive.org
• Plateau People’s Web Portal:www.plateauportal.wsulibs.wsu.edu
• Ara Irititja:www.irititja.com
• Digitizing the Inuit and Aboriginal Media Archive:www.isuma.tv/diama
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