What could World Heritage listing deliver for Indigenous people? The Australian experience in global context.

该项目调查世界遗产系统对土著人民的意图与其实际成果之间的差异。尽管联合国教科文组织的目标是扩大世界遗产计划的非西方层面，但几乎没有关于这个问题的研究。这项研究将开发融合西方和土著知识的创新方法，极大地促进对世界遗产的土著观点的了解。其成果将是一个以证据为基础的模式，更好地将教科文组织的普遍性方法与土著社区的特殊利益结合起来，协助全球“遗产产业”解决后殖民时代的复杂需求。

This project investigates the difference between the intentions of the World Heritage system regarding Indigenous people and what it actually delivers. There is almost no research on this issue despite United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (UNESCO) aim to expand the non-Western dimensions of the World Heritage program. The study will develop innovative methods that integrate Western and Indigenous knowledge, substantially boosting knowledge of Indigenous perspectives on World Heritage. The outcome will be an evidence-based model that better mediates UNESCO's universalising approach with the particular interests of Indigenous communities, assisting the global 'heritage industry' to address the complex demands of the postcolonial era.