Empowering Cultural Change: Government Archives responses to implementing the Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration
Date and Hour: June 9th 2021 / 12.00 -13:15 AEST, 4:00 – 5:15 CET
Language: English
Webinar Summary
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.
Speakers
Simon FroudeDirector State Records South Australia |
Taila RothRegional Archivist, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga – Archives New Zealand |
David FrickerDirector-General National Archives of Australia |
Phyllis WilliamsDirector Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement, National Archives of Australia |
Moderator
Normand CharbonneauICA Vice-President (Programme) |