Reconstructing the Spencer and Gillen Collection: Museums, Indigenous Perspectives and the Production of Cultural Knowledge

斯宾塞和吉伦的研究使澳大利亚成为世纪初人类学世界话语的核心，他们影响了导致现代学科发展的范式变化。数字技术现在使他们的研究材料记录能够作为一个整体重新创造，揭示了澳大利亚中部土著社会在二十世纪之交的丰富性，并揭示了人类学历史上的一个关键时期。该研究项目将促进对澳大利亚在人类学历史和相关学科中的作用的理解，此外还将创造一个对土著社区本身具有巨大价值的文化资源。

Spencer and Gillen's research placed Australia at the heart of world discourse in anthropology at the beginning of the twentieth century and they influenced the paradigm changes that resulted in the development of the modern discipline. Digital technology now enables the material record of their research to be recreated as a whole revealing the richness of Aboriginal society in central Australia at the turn of the twentieth century and uncovering a crucial period in the history of anthropology. The research project will advance understanding of Australia's role in the history of anthropology and related disciplines in addition to creating a cultural resource of great value not least for the Indigenous communities themselves.