Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
| Tuesday, October 18, 2022 |
| 8:45 AM - 10:30 AM |
| In Person / Virtual |
Presentation Type
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA ---
Moderator: Sharon Davis
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Jude Barlow
Welcome to Country
Abbey Turrell
2022 ASA Conference Convenor
Opening of Here We Are, the 2022 ASA Conference
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM>
Dr Kirsten Thorpe
Senior Researcher
University of Technology Sydney - Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research,
Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM>
In the three decades since Henrietta Fourmile’s seminal article Who Owns The Past?-Aborigines as captives of the archives (1989) was published, there has been significant awareness of the importance of the archives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. However, the question remains, are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people still ‘Captives of the Archives’?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia.
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia.
Simon Froude
Director-General
National Archives of Australia
Response to Keynote 1 Dr. Kirsten Thorpe
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM>
Simon Froude, Director-General of National Archives of Australia, will participate in the keynote discussion and provide a response to Dr Thorpe's paper.
