The New Protectionism: Risk Aversion and Access to Indigenous Heritage Records

Nick Thieberger; Michael Aird; Clint Bracknell; Jason Gibson; Amanda Harris; Marcia Langton; Gaye Sculthorpe; Jane Simpson

doi:10.37683/asa.v51.10971

The New Protectionism: Risk Aversion and Access to Indigenous Heritage Records

Nick Thieberger School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne
Michael Aird Anthropology Museum, The University of Queensland, Brisbane https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4874-7456
Clint Bracknell Conservatorium of Music, UWA, Perth https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9808-1624
Jason Gibson Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, Burwood https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8254-587X
Amanda Harris Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9858-2568
Marcia Langton Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1398-7524
Gaye Sculthorpe Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, Burwood https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-8961
Jane Simpson ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Canberra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7487-1234

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37683/asa.v51.10971

Keywords: Access blockage, ICIP, Australian Indigenous Languages

Abstract

This article discusses the problems encountered in accessing archival Indigenous language records, both by Indigenous people looking for information on their own languages and by non-Indigenous researchers supporting language work. It is motivated by Indigenous people not being able to access materials in archives, libraries, and museums that they need for heritage reasons, for personal reasons, or for revitalisation of language or cultural performance. For some of the authors, the experience of using Nyingarn, which aims to make manuscript language material available for re-use today, has been dispiriting, with what we term the ‘new protectionism’ preventing use of these materials.

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2024-04-02

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Thieberger N., Aird M., Bracknell C., Gibson J., Harris A., Langton M., Sculthorpe G. and Simpson J. (2024) “The New Protectionism: Risk Aversion and Access to Indigenous Heritage Records”, Archives & Manuscripts, 510, p. e10971. doi: 10.37683/asa.v51.10971.

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