Submissions, Media & Publications

Submissions

2019 – Tune Review of the National Archives of Australia – Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research Submission in support the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination in archives and records.
2020 – Inquiry into State Records Act 1998 and the Policy Paper On Its Review – Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research Submission 0067

Media

The Conversation - Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe, 16 April 2019
Speaking Out ABC Radio - Mukurtu - A Digital Archive Database, 2 June 2019
ALIA New Graduates SNGG Industry Leader Profile - GLAMMR Professional Profile Kirsten Thorpe, 24 June 2019
SBS Italian - Conoscere il passato per favorire la giustizia sociale [Knowing the past to contribute to social justice], 21 November 2020
ABC Radio National - Can Australia get up, stand up and show up for our First Nations? This NAIDOC week theme is Get Up! Show Up! Stand Up!, urging people to move beyond good intentions and hollow words. Naraja Clay, Kirsten Thorpe and Marlon Motlop joined the program to discuss this and the ways they take action.
CIVICA The One Thing” a Thought Leadership project, Indigenous Leadership, Sovereignty & Libraries in Australia

Key Publications

Barrowcliffe, R., Booker L., McKemmish, S., Thorpe, K. (2021). Activating and Supporting the Tandanya Adelaide Declaration on Indigenous Archives. Archives and Manuscripts, 49(3), 167-185. https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/152626
Thorpe, K., Christen, K., Booker, L., Galassi, M. (2021). Designing archival information systems through partnerships with Indigenous communities: Developing the Mukurtu Hubs and Spokes Model in Australia. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 25, 1-22. https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/159542
Collective, I.A. (2021). The Indigenous Archives Collective position statement on the right of reply to Indigenous knowledges and information held in archives. Archives and Manuscripts, 49(3), 244-252.
Thorpe, K., Faulkhead, S., Booker, L. (2020). Transforming the archive: Returning and connecting Indigenous repatriation records. The Routledge Companion to Indigenous Repatriation: Return, Reconcile, Renew, 1, 822-834. https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/146765
Thorpe, K. (2019). Transformative Praxis—Building spaces for Indigenous Self-determination in Libraries and Archives. http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/transformative-praxis/
Thorpe, K. (2019). Speaking back to colonial collections: Building living Aboriginal archives. Artlink, 39(2), 42. https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4762/speaking-back-to-colonial-collections-building-liv/
Thorpe, K., & Galassi, M. (2018). Diversity, Inclusion & respect: Embedding Indigenous priorities in public library services. Public Library Quarterly, 37(2), 180-194. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01616846.2018.1460568
Kell, J., & Booker, L. (2018). Working with ‘Women Only’: Gendered protocols in the digitization and archiving process. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/411f9358-473a-4f98-b748-a4adcf54daed
Thorpe, K. (2015). Aboriginal Community archives: A Case study in ethical community research, in AJ Gilliland, S McKemmish and AJ Lau (eds), Research in the Archival Multiverse. http://www.publishing.monash.edu/books/ram-9781876924676.html
Thorpe, K., Galassi, M., & Franks, R. (2016). Discovering Indigenous Australian culture: Building trusted engagement in online environments. Journal of Web Librarianship, 10(4), 343-363. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19322909.2016.1197809
Nicholls, S., Booker, L., Thorpe, K., Jackson, M., Girault, C., Briggs, R., & Jones, C. (2016). From principle to practice: Community consultation regarding access to Indigenous language materials in archival records at the State Library of New South Wales. Archives and Manuscripts, 44(3), 110-123. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01576895.2016.1239116
Galassi, M. (2022). Restituzione digitale come arena di negoziazione.
Riflessioni sul progetto “Archivi aborigeni in Italia.
Uno spazio per collaborazioni reciproche” {Digital restitution as a arena of negotiation. Reflections on the PhD project ‘Aboriginal Archives in Italy. A space for Reciprocal Collaborations. Roots & Routes Magazine. Research on Visula Culture. https://www.roots-routes.org/restituzione-digitale-come-arena-di-negoziazione-riflessioni-sul-progetto-archivi-aborigeni-in-italia-uno-spazio-per-collaborazioni-reciproche-di-monica-galassi/.
Galassi, M. (2022). Centring Indigenous worldviews in the care of Aboriginal archives held in Italy. Proceedings | Creative Study Lab ‘Creating Shared Futures through Contested Heritages’, Museo delle Civiltà Edizioni | "Fratture e prospettive" Series.
Galassi, M. (2022). Reflections on shaping leadership across LIS. The One Thing Series. https://www.civica.com/en-au/thought-leadership-library/reflections-on-shaping-leadership-across-lis/

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.