In October 2019 the International Council on Archives and its Expert Group on Indigenous Matters issued the Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration to challenge archives to “re-imagine the meaning of archives as an engaging model of social memory; to embrace Indigenous worldviews and methods of creating, sharing and preserving valued knowledge; and to decolonize our archival principles with Indigenous knowledge methods, to open the meaning of public archives to Indigenous interpretations, is to bring new dynamics of spirituality, ecology and Indigenous philosophy into the European traditions of archival memory.”
With this challenge in mind, three government archive institutions of the Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities have commenced the process of responding to the Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration and will share their progress, as well as sharing some of the challenges they face in making the necessary changes.
Brief presentations will be followed by an opportunity for Q&A.
Speakers:
- Simon Froude, Director State Records South Australia
- Taila Roth, Regional Archivist, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga – Archives New Zealand
- David Fricker, Director-General National Archives of Australia and Phyllis Williams, Director Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement, National Archives of Australia
Moderator:
- Normand Charbonneau, Vice-President Programme, International Council on Archives
This is a free event, but registrations are required via the ASA website.
This event is presented as part of International Archives Week 7-11 June 2021 and is being brought to you by the International Council on Archives, Australian Society of Archivists, National Archives of Australia, State Records of South Australia, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga - Archives New Zealand, and Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities.
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