Oral Tradition, Memory and Social Change: Indigenous Participation in the Curation and Use of Museum Collections

这个项目解决了人们对博物馆如何在一个多元化的社会中履行其章程的担忧。它将使博物馆参与与澳大利亚土著居民就特定博物馆收藏品进行中介和谈判的过程。几乎没有人正式承认，这样的过程是如何在博物馆内发生的，并有助于创造关于我们作为一个国家的共同意义。这是博物馆作为学习参与和吸引人的地方的作用的一部分，这个项目将三个研究领域的传统知识和专业知识结合在一起，将我们的民族遗产传承给后代。

This project addresses concerns about how museums meet their charter in a diverse society. It will engage museums in a process of brokering and negotiation with indigenous Australians in relation to specific museum collections. There is little formal recognition of how such processes occur within museums and contribute to the creation of shared meanings about ourselves as a nation. It is part of the role of museums as places of learning to engage and fascinate, and this project brings together traditional knowledge and expertise in three fields of study to pass on our national heritage to future generations.