Contexts of Collection - understanding the material record of Yolngu cultures

该项目旨在发现Yolngu社会从传教开始到现在的材料记录制作者的动机，以及Yolngu人自己对收藏和参与拍摄的贡献。该项目在整体上处理物质记录（电影、摄影和物质文化）和调查所涉及的土著人民的机构方面是激进的。该项目将产生许多出版物和一个基于网络的资源，这将对研究人员和Yolngu都有很大的用处，并可以为基于集合的研究提供一个模型。< br / >

The project aims to discover the motivations of the makers of the material record of Yolngu society from the beginning of missionisation to the present, and those of the Yolngu themselves, in contributing to collections and taking part in filming. The project is radical in treating the material record (film, photography, and material culture) as a whole and in investigating the agency of the Indigenous people involved. The project will result in a number of publications and a web-based resource that will be of great utility to researchers and Yolngu alike and can provide a model for collections based research.<br /> The research project will make people aware of the collaborative nature of the material record of Yolngu societies that has been made over time by the participation of researchers, collectors, filmmakers and Yolngu people themselves. It will demonstrate the ways in which digital technology can be used as an integral part of a research process to produce outcomes that can be made accessible to a wide range of different users. It will help people understand the complex historical processes that have resulted in the present museum and archival record and facilitate their use.