I concur with Kerry. This is an extremely complex and largely unresolved area. I have had students working with Indigenous communities on long term mapping and digitisation projects. Even with formal organisational approval and support, dedicated resources and close liaison with leaders, managing the numerous stakeholders and their expectations is very difficult. Apart from that, the copyright issues are ... well, also difficult.
Whiteghost.ink On 2 January 2013 17:23, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** ** ** ** ** > > The short answer is start here:**** > > ** ** > > http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/laws/indigenous/protection-laws.html > **** > > ** ** > > But, based on a talk I heard at a museums conference, any digitisation of > indigenous artefacts is a culturally sensitive matter that appears to > require considerable engagement with the communities involved. Based on > talks with one of our state heritage organisations, many indigenous > heritage items in their register have deliberately wrong locations because > landowners and others have been known to destroy indigenous heritage (e.g. > bora rings) because of the constraints such heritage items can place on > land use etc.**** > > ** ** > > For example, the Qld indigenous heritage register is not online accessible > with a complex set of rules of who can submit a search request:**** > > ** ** > > > http://www.datsima.qld.gov.au/atsis/aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-peoples/indigenous-cultural-heritage/cultural-heritage-database-and-register-search-request/guidelines-to-accessing-the-database > **** > > ** ** > > whereas the regular heritage register is online for all to see.**** > > ** ** > > I suspect encouraging the public at large to go out and photograph > indigenous artefacts for WLM is likely to result in something going wrong > at some point and bring bad publicity for WMAU and/or WLM. I think it might > be OK to encourage indigenous people to photograph indigenous artefacts > within their own communities as presumably they would better understand > what could and could not be made public, but it’s all pretty complex > territory in my limited experience.**** > > ** ** > > Kerry**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: > wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Tony Souter > *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 January 2013 12:34 PM > *To:* Wikimedia Australia Chapter > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Images of contemporary life for > IndigenousAustralians**** > > ** ** > > And in terms of Wiki Loves Monuments, where do we find a register of > Indigenous artefacts that might be included in the ambit of the competition? > **** > > ** ** > > T**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On 02/01/2013, at 1:04 PM, Leigh Blackall wrote:**** > > > > **** > > We've noticed a shortage of good images of contemporary life for > Indigenous Australians on Wikimedia Commons. We're looking for such images > to use in a course we're developing on Wikiversity: > http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:Health_of_Indigenous_and_other_Australian_Cultures#Images_Needed > **** > > ** ** > > Can anyone help? > **** > > ** ** > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall <http://about.me/leighblackall>**** > > +61(0)404561009**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l**** > > ** ** > > *___________________***** > > *Tony Souter***** > > **Fixed-line phone: +612 9310 1474 > *Mobile: 0450 717627 (+61450 717627), but usually not switched on > *Skype: tonysouter > *Street address: 291 Chalmers St, Redfern 2016, Australia***** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > > **** > > ** ** >
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