Following concerns raised about a December 1 auction of Native American artifacts at the Medford (Mass.) Public Library, Mayor Stephanie M. Burke has withdrawn the items from the sale, intended to raise funds for a new building. Native American organizations questioned the legality and morality of the proposed auction, which included such artifacts as two … Continue reading Native American artifacts removed from Medford library sale →

Native American groups are protesting the Medford Public Library’s decision to auction off a collection of Native American artifacts next month and questioning the legality of the sale.In a p…

Will cyberspace enable old knowledge to be experienced and expanded or will cyberspace create the the present anew each day, so that there never again is tradition or a past? -Loretta Todd Over the…

TW for judicial murder, corpserobbing, desecration.

(2018). The limits of settlers’ territorial acknowledgments. Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 48, Essays from the 2017 Curriculum Inquiry Writers’ Retreat, pp. 316-334.

UPDATE (20 June 2018): This has now been addressed! I noticed a couple of days ago that the NLA have updated this authority record, such that it now follows the AIATSIS example, “Jandamarra, …

Author(s): Caswell, ML | Abstract: Much recent discussion about social justice in archival studies has assumed a legalistic, rights-based framework to delineate the role of records, archives, and archivists in both the violation of human rights and in holding individuals and governments accountable for basic human rights, such as the right to life, privacy, and freedom of expression. Yet decades of feminist scholarship have called into question the universality of a rights-based framework, arguing instead that an ethics of care is a more inclusive and apt model for envisioning and enacting a more just society. This article proposes a shift in the theoretical model used by archivists and archival studies scholars to address social justice concerns – from that based on individual rights to a model based on feminist ethics. In a feminist ethics approach, archivists are seen as caregivers, bound to records creators, subjects, users, and communities through a web of mutual affective responsibility. This article proposes four interrelated shifts in these archival relationships, based on radical empathy.

Decolonial Sensibilities: Indigenous Research and Engaging with Archives in Contemporary Colonial Canada - L'Internationale online

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The law that allows Native Americans to claim ancestral remains must be strengthened

Copyright law is the primary means by which society preserves and protects valued cultural heritage. There is a clear correlation between that which is protected and that which is valued by society for the continued enjoyment of future generations. However, this truth becomes troubling when it is considered that modern copyright continues to espouse antiquated ideals of acceptable cultural production, to the exclusion of the cultural property of many historically marginalized people groups. This article takes a critical look at copyright law to deconstruct the ways in which historical values and assumptions continue to color the modern protection of cultural creation, thereby confining cultural expression and barring protection to the cultural work of the marginalized.

PUBLIC Annotated Bibliography for Cultural Assessment of Digital Collections  Compiled by the Cultural Assessment Working Group  of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Assessment Interest Group February, 2017 kits/guides that would speak to a more global audience.  Please demarcate any changes b...