Data Curation and Information Systems Design from Australasia: Implications for Cataloguing of Vernacular Knowledge in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums

The need for decolonizing cultural institutions and their mismanagement practices in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums of First Nations peoples materials and knowledge has been recognized. However, this has not translated into an information systems design or a complementary solution representing an alternative world view. This edited book explores projects that investigate innovative data curation strategies through the thematics of visual representation of infrastructure and bodies of knowledge, challenging entrenched assumptions of knowledge capture and dissemination in the western academy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 360 pages
Publication date: 31 January 2024
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

The demand for decolonizing cultural institutions and their misguided management practices in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, which hold the materials and knowledge of First Nations peoples, has gained widespread recognition. However, this recognition has yet to translate into an effective information systems design or a complementary solution that presents an alternative worldview. Instead, the deeply entrenched legacy of neoliberal sectors' curatorial and archival practices remains unchallenged, and their authority remains unquestionable. This edited book offers a unique perspective by exploring projects that investigate innovative data curation strategies through the lens of visual representation of infrastructure and bodies of knowledge.

Authors from diverse Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds contribute their chapters, underpinned by a social justice approach to investigations into various knowledge systems. They courageously challenge the prevailing assumptions about the capture and dissemination of knowledge within the Western academy. An emphasis on visualizing cultural heritage materials across a range of case studies utilizing technologies, such as augmented and virtual realities, mixed reality, and others, aims to spark critical debates about the ways in which Indigenous data is collected, managed, curated, governed, and represented.

The need for decolonizing cultural institutions and their mismanagement practices in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, of First Nations peoples materials and knowledge has been widely recognised. However,this has not translated into an information systems design,nor a complementary solution representing an alternative world view. Instead,the entrenched legacy of the neoliberal sectors curatorial and archival practices remains intact,and their authority stays unquestioned. This edited books unique viewpoint is its exploration of projects that investigate innovative data curation strategies through the thematics of visual representation of infrastructure,and bodies of knowledge. Authors from Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds underpin their chapters with a social justice approach to investigations around different knowledge systems. They powerfully challenge entrenched assumptions of knowledge capture and dissemination of the western academy. An emphasis on visualisations of cultural heritage materials across a variety of case studies using technologies that range from augmented and virtual realities to mixed reality aims to raise questions for debate in the way Indigenous data is collected,managed,curated,governed,and represented and by whom.
The demand for decolonizing cultural institutions and their misguided management practices in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, which hold the materials and knowledge of First Nations peoples, has gained widespread recognition. However, this recognition has yet to translate into an effective information systems design or a complementary solution that presents an alternative worldview. Instead, the deeply entrenched legacy of neoliberal sectors' curatorial and archival practices remains unchallenged, and their authority remains unquestionable. This edited book offers a unique perspective by exploring projects that investigate innovative data curation strategies through the lens of visual representation of infrastructure and bodies of knowledge.

Authors from diverse Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds contribute their chapters, underpinned by a social justice approach to investigations into various knowledge systems. They courageously challenge the prevailing assumptions about the capture and dissemination of knowledge within the Western academy. An emphasis on visualizing cultural heritage materials across a range of case studies utilizing technologies, such as augmented and virtual realities, mixed reality, and others, aims to spark critical debates about the ways in which Indigenous data is collected, managed, curated, governed, and represented.

Weight: 636g
Dimension: 159 x 238 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781804556153