The Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration Symposium 2024 will take place at the Te Pae Convention Centre, Ōtautahi, on the lands of the Ngāi Tahu. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present.

The Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration (the Declaration) is a milestone document that was launched by the International Council of Archives (ICA) and the National Archives of Australia (NAA) on 25 October 2019. The Declaration called on the jurisdictional archives of the world to acknowledge and adopt themes and commitments of the declaration for immediate action. You can find more information on the Declaration via the NAA website.

The Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration Symposium will provide opportunities to critically reflect on the Declaration, both as a statement of purpose but also as a guide to practical action. The event is an opportunity to hear from and connect with First Nations community members, GLAM practitioners and allies on work undertaken to implement the Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration.

THEMES

The Symposium Programming Committee invites community, organisational and institutional perspectives on the use of the Declaration. Participants are encouraged to share the ways in which they have been utilising the Declaration in their work and activities. The day aims to focus on discussing existing projects and invites critical conversations on gaps and needed improvements. 

The Symposium Programming Committee will give preference to lightning talks that align with the Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration’s five themes:

1. Knowledge authorities
2. Property and ownership
3. Recognition and identity
4. Research and access
5. Self-determination

Talks that focus on only describing the Declaration are unlikely to be accepted.

FORMAT

Each submission should include:

• Name, cultural and/or institutional affiliation of all speakers
• Email contact
• Preferred format from the following options:
• Individual Lightning Talk (10 minutes)
• Group Lightning Talk (15 minutes - 2 or more speakers)
• Panel (max 20 minutes - conversational discussion with multiple people focused on a topic, may be self-led or led by panel chair. Please identify the panel chair in application.)
• An abstract of max 300 words
  

This workshop aims to introduce participants to the basic principles, resources, and tools for working with born digital archival material.

With archival information and records increasingly being created, transmitted and accessed in digital formats, it is essential for archives professionals to have the skills and confidence to work with these collections safely. Participants of the workshop will be introduced to core concepts and vocabulary of digital preservation, be taken through hands-on exercises with digital preservation tools and resources, will discuss metadata standards, storage options, policies and workflows, and gain an understanding of the challenges and best practices of working with born digital collections.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• Discuss key digital preservation principles as they relate to working with born digital collections.
• Understand current practices, resources, and tools for ingest and accession of born digital materials.
• Develop policies and workflows that meet their institution’s needs.

Traditionally, the Indigenous people of Hawaiʻi lived in a thriving society and passed on their cultural knowledge and practices across generations. The traditional Hawaiian practice of Kapa making, which is the art of creating fabric out of Wauke (Paper Mulberry) bark, was one of these cultural practices. Kapa was created through processes of pounding, Kūkū Kapa Ē, with much of the work traditionally carried out by women as they pounded the bark into soft, pliable, cloth. The women sat together in groups, talk-spaces for sharing news, stories, and ideas, the resonant hollow beats being sometimes purposefully sounded across valleys to share messages in rhythmic code.

Finished pieces of kapa (bark cloth), as cultural heritage items in archives and museums, hold story in the very layers of the cloth, the carefully selected watermarks, its purposeful size, weight and thickness, and in the colors and patterns imprinted and sometimes beaten into the cloth. Archival description catalogues these attributes, and in many cases stories of provenance that give understanding of the specific item’s use and place in history. Any yet, many layers of story with regards to history, societal relationships, community functions, and native ways of being are fundamentally encapsulated in the processes of birth and creation of the item.

Archives have a place in the resurgence and continuation of traditional practices, and as such a role in the perpetuation of cultural identity. As the art of kapa making involves multiple pieces of tree bark fused and merged together for one purpose, we propose a half-day workshop that couples a hands-on experience of Ka Hana Kapa, the making of traditional Hawaiian bark cloth, with a facilitated participant discussion of archival outreach, community partnerships, and the positioning of cultural experts and traditional practices as part of the archival record. In the same spirit of traditional kapa making talk-spaces, this workshop is meant to both inspire conversation and act as a safe space for ideas that promote the appropriate stewardship of cultural heritage and culturally sensitive collections.

In this culturally demonstrative talk-space, we ask: In what ways can personally participating in traditional practices, on the part of archivists and archives users, foster deeper understanding of collections materials and inform a more inclusive archival practice? How can (and have) archivists increase access to and promote perpetuation of the native language and culture of the indigenous people represented in their collections? What types of outreach or community involvement have archivists attending the 2024 joint conference been involved with that encouraged heightened cultural identity? What are traditional protocols of learning and acquiring knowledge that can inform a more culturally competent archives profession?

This workshop will be facilitated by two kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) women, and can be attended by 20-30 participants. As part of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to learn processes of traditional Hawaiian kapa making, create a piece that will be donated to repatriation efforts of ancestral bones, and use their artistic talents to create a separate printed “record” of their experience for their keeping. Discussions in this workshop will reference the work highlighted in the proposed presentation "Ka Hana Kapa: Centering Cultural Experts and Traditional Practices in the Archives Experience".

This half-day introductory workshop is designed for archivists and information and records managers who are interested in writing content for publications such as professional journals and industry magazines, but who may not have done it before, or haven’t done it in a long while. Run by the Editor and the two co-Editors of Archifacts (the Journal of the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand Te Huinga Mahara) the workshop will outline some of the career and personal benefits of writing for publication and introduce some of the key areas participants may need to know about when writing content. For example:

• The different types of journals and magazines to write for
• The types of content that could be considered for publication
• The basic ‘how to’s’ of writing (including referencing, copyright, and how to set out work)
• Common processes around submission (for example, double blind peer review, ‘other’ review)
• What to expect after submission (including how to approach and address feedback)

Copyright – it touches on almost all areas of practice in  archives, yet many do not feel confident in dealing with it on a day to day basis.

This interactive workshop provides the foundations of copyright and the key copyright issues to consider as an archive professional.

It will explore the following questions: what is the purpose and history of copyright? What materials are protected? What rights do copyright owners enjoy? How long does copyright last? What are library and archive exceptions? How do you obtain a licence? What is Crown copyright? What is an orphan work?

This interactive workshop will be a general overview of copyright principles and legislation applicable to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region. It is aimed at total beginners or anyone wanting to brush up on their copyright knowledge.