Article: Archival Challenges and Digital Solutions in Aboriginal Australia
This article describes the use of Mukurtu in preserving many historical artifacts from the Warumungu community in Australia. One of the (many) issues faced by Indigenous groups when attempting to preserve their culture is the difficulty in accessing content and/or artifacts that are stored in museums quite a distance away from the community. In addition, living in a community in which Internet access is a daily struggle, even when these artifacts are available through an online catalogue, it can be challenging to access these materials online (content can be too large for bandwidth). This article describes some of the challenges and success stories associated with the Warumungu’s community’s first attempt at using Mukurtu as an online archival storage system. I am particularly interested in examining some of the larger challenges this community encountered when first attempting to adapt and use a CMS.
Link: https://research.libraries.wsu.edu:8443/xmlui/handle/2376/5703?show=full
Christen, Kimberly. Archival Challenges and Digital Solutions in Aboriginal Australia. SAA Archaeological Record. August 2008, Vol 8, No 2, 21-24.