A Community of Relations: Mukurtu Hubs and Spokes

Describes the history of Mukurtu, a grassroots project to manage, circulate, and narrate the Warumungu Aboriginal community's digital materials using their own cultural protocols, and of Mukurtu CMS, community driven software developed out of the project that addresses the ethical curation of,...

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Published inD-Lib magazine Vol. 23; no. 5/6
Main Authors Christen, Kimberly, Merrill, Alex, Wynne, Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Reston Corporation for National Research Initiatives 01.05.2017
Subjects
Archival resources
Archives
Computer programs
Cultural heritage
Cultural property
Digital preservation
Local history
Management
Material culture
Preservation
Software
Warumungu (Australian people)
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Summary:Describes the history of Mukurtu, a grassroots project to manage, circulate, and narrate the Warumungu Aboriginal community's digital materials using their own cultural protocols, and of Mukurtu CMS, community driven software developed out of the project that addresses the ethical curation of, and access to, cultural heritage. Focuses on the current project 'Mukurtu hubs and spokes : a sustainable national platform for community archiving', which will create regional centres of support and training and update the software to a 3.0 release, with hubs that will contribute to the software updates and provide local training and support for community users. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
Bibliography:Includes illustrations, references
Includes links to related electronic resources
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ISSN:1082-9873
1082-9873
DOI:10.1045/may2017-christen