AIHR Interdisciplinary Workshop

Archives & Indigenous Human RightsTowards an understanding of the archival and

recordkeeping implications of Australian and international human rights for Indigenous

Australians

12 October 2010Rydges Hotel,

Melbourne

Centre for Organisational & Social Informatics

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies

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Traditional Welcome

Setting the Scene: Professor Lynette Russell Director, Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies

Keynote Speaker: Terri JankeSolicitor-Director of Terri Janke and Company Pty Ltd., is a leading international authority on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights (ICIP).

Chair: Professor Lynette Russell

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Session 1: International Context

Chair: Dr Ian WilsonLibrarian and Archivist of Canada Emeritus, University of Waterloo Stratford Institute for Digital Media, and immediate past President of the International Council on Archives

Speaker 1: Professor Bradford MorseDean of Law and Professor of Law, the University of Waikato Te Piringa, Hamilton, New Zealand, and Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, the University of Ottawa

Speaker 2: Allison KrebsMember of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is currently working on her PhD at the Information School at University of Washington and serves as current Chair of the Native American Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists

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Session 2: Australian Context I

Chair: Ross GibbsDirector-General, National Archives of Australia

Speaker 1: Mick GoodaAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

Speaker 2: Phyllis WilliamsDirector of the Northern Territory office of the National Archives of Australia, Gummulkbun on her father's side (from West Arnhem Land) and Larrakia/Tiwi Islander on her mother's (from Darwin and the Tiwi Islands)

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Session 3 Australian Context II

Chair: Justine HeazlewoodDirector Public Record Office of Victoria

Speakers 1: Dr Julie DebeljakDeputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash UniversitySpeaker 2: Ms Melissa Castan, Director of the Castan Centre

Speaker 3: Lyndon Ormond-ParkerPhD Candidate in the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation and Centre for Health and Society at the University of Melbourne, and Fellow at AIATSIS

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Session 4: Panel Discussion on a Human Rights Archival Agenda for the Future

How should archival communities, institutions and the profession respond to issues raised in the workshop on Indigenous human rights and archives?

Chair: Emeritus Professor Eric KetelaarUniversity of Amsterdam and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics, Monash University

Panel of Speakers:Melissa Castan

Ross GibbsAlly Krebs

Brad MorseLynette Russell

Ian Wilson