Protocols and guidelines
The sensitive collection and display of material from First Nations communities is a key concern for museums and galleries. Find standards and protocols for best practice from:
- Australian Government, Ministry for the Arts - Australian Best Practice Guide to Collecting Cultural MaterialThis guide describes the ethical and legal issues that museums, galleries and libraries need to consider when they acquire or borrow cultural material.
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) - First peoples: A roadmap for enhancing Indigneous Engagement in Museums and GalleriesThe National Standards for Museums and Galleries provide targets for best practice. This includes the proper handling, display and management of First Nations cultural material.
- Indigeous Art CodeThis Code is a set of rules and guidelines for dealers and businesses to ensure ethical practices and fair treatment of artists.
Finding First Nation's perspectives
Find First Nation's perspectives in open access databases including:
- Anti-Colonial Research LibraryThe Anti-Colonial Research Library holds open-access articles and books, websites, and YouTube videos on Indigenous and anti-colonial research methodologies.
- National Archives of Australia - First AustraliansLearn about the experience, achievements and struggles of First Australians since Federation and their contribution to Australian life, laws and culture.
Recommended reading
The Routledge Companion to Indigenous Repatriation by ISBN: 9781351398886Publication Date: 2020This volume brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous repatriation practitioners and researchers to provide the reader with an international overview of the removal and return of Ancestral Remains.
The Routledge Companion to Cultural Property by ISBN: 9781317278801Publication Date: 2017The Routledge Companion to Cultural Property contains new contributions from scholars working at the cutting edge of cultural property studies, bringing together diverse academic and professional perspectives to develop a coherent overview of this field of enquiry.
The Whole Picture by ISBN: 9781788401555Publication Date: 2020In The Whole Picture, art historian and Uncomfortable Art Tour guide Alice Procter provides a manual for deconstructing everything you thought you knew about art, and fills in the blanks with the stories that have been left out of the art history canon for centuries.
