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The idea for Mukurtu began with Kim Christen's anthropological research in the Central Australian town of [[Tennant Creek]]. There she worked with the [[Warumungu]] Aboriginal community to document local associations in the context of global politics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collmann|first=Jeff|year=2011|title=Aboriginal Business (review)|url=http://www.kimchristen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/book_review.pdf|journal=American Anthropologist|volume=113|pages=515-16|via=}}</ref> That research led to Christen's monograph ''Aboriginal Business'', which discusses [[indigenous rights]] and cultural sovereignty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativespirits.info/resources/books/business-and-economy/aboriginal-business-alliances-in-a-remote-australian-town|title=Aboriginal Business: Alliances in a Remote Australian Town (Kimberly Christen)|last=Spirits|first=Jens Korff, Creative|website=Creative Spirits|language=en-AU|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> In 2007, [[Warumungu]] community members collaborated with Christen and [[Craig Dietrich]] to produce the Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive. According to the Mukurtu website, "Warumungu elder, Michael Jampin Jones chose Mukurtu (dillybag) as the name for the Warumungu community archive to remind users that the archive, too, is a safe keeping place where Warumungu people can share stories, knowledge, and cultural materials properly using their own protocols."<ref name=":0" /> Mukurtu grew from that single community archive to a content management system that now meets the needs of various communities worldwide. |
The idea for Mukurtu began with Kim Christen's anthropological research in the Central Australian town of [[Tennant Creek]]. There she worked with the [[Warumungu]] Aboriginal community to document local associations in the context of global politics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collmann|first=Jeff|year=2011|title=Aboriginal Business (review)|url=http://www.kimchristen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/book_review.pdf|journal=American Anthropologist|volume=113|pages=515-16|via=}}</ref> That research led to Christen's monograph ''Aboriginal Business'', which discusses [[indigenous rights]] and cultural sovereignty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativespirits.info/resources/books/business-and-economy/aboriginal-business-alliances-in-a-remote-australian-town|title=Aboriginal Business: Alliances in a Remote Australian Town (Kimberly Christen)|last=Spirits|first=Jens Korff, Creative|website=Creative Spirits|language=en-AU|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> In 2007, [[Warumungu]] community members collaborated with Christen and [[Craig Dietrich]] to produce the Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive. According to the Mukurtu website, "Warumungu elder, Michael Jampin Jones chose Mukurtu (dillybag) as the name for the Warumungu community archive to remind users that the archive, too, is a safe keeping place where Warumungu people can share stories, knowledge, and cultural materials properly using their own protocols."<ref name=":0" /> Mukurtu grew from that single community archive to a content management system that now meets the needs of various communities worldwide. |
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Funding for the project has come from the [[Washington State University]] Foundation, [[National Endowment for the Humanities]], the [[Institute of Museum and Library Services|Institute for Museum and Library Services]], the [[Fetzer Institute]] and the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]]. |
Funding for the project has come from the [[Washington State University]] Foundation, [[National Endowment for the Humanities]], the [[Institute of Museum and Library Services|Institute for Museum and Library Services]], the [[Fetzer Institute]] and the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]]. Current team members include Kim Christen, Alex Merrill, Jane Anderson, Michael Wynne, and Lotus Norton Wisla.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==== Cultural Protocols ==== |
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Cultural protocols make up the core of what Mukurtu considers its ethical content management system. Community defined cultural protocols allow users to determine differing levels of access to digital content. The feature allows communities to determine, according to their own values, who can access which heritage items, making it possible to protect sensitive materials meant only for community members or only for particular community members. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the concept of community protocols covers a wide range of documents that outline how a community expects stakeholders to engage with them. They explain that a community protocol "articulating information, relevant factors, and details of customary laws and traditional authorities helps other stakeholders to better understand the community’s values and customary laws."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unep.org/communityprotocols/protocol.asp|title=Community Protocols|website=www.unep.org|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> |
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==== Traditional Knowledge Labels ==== |
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==== Roundtrip ==== |
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Revision as of 19:29, 1 February 2017
Mukurtu is a free, mobile, open source content management system (CMS) built on Drupal. Mukurtu is designed in partnership with communities who want to share and manage their cultural heritage in a digital format. The name comes from the Warumungu community Dillybag–a safe keeping place for sacred materials.[1] The project sparked discussion on Digital Rights Management and archival support of non-Western cultural protocols.[2] Lawyer Wendy Seltzer describes, "Rather than fight copyright norms with bad code, we should learn from the Warumungu and build code (and law) to support social practice."[3] Mukurtu mobile launched in 2015 for iPhone and iPad.[4]
History
The idea for Mukurtu began with Kim Christen's anthropological research in the Central Australian town of Tennant Creek. There she worked with the Warumungu Aboriginal community to document local associations in the context of global politics.[5] That research led to Christen's monograph Aboriginal Business, which discusses indigenous rights and cultural sovereignty.[6] In 2007, Warumungu community members collaborated with Christen and Craig Dietrich to produce the Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive. According to the Mukurtu website, "Warumungu elder, Michael Jampin Jones chose Mukurtu (dillybag) as the name for the Warumungu community archive to remind users that the archive, too, is a safe keeping place where Warumungu people can share stories, knowledge, and cultural materials properly using their own protocols."[1] Mukurtu grew from that single community archive to a content management system that now meets the needs of various communities worldwide.
Funding for the project has come from the Washington State University Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the Fetzer Institute and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Current team members include Kim Christen, Alex Merrill, Jane Anderson, Michael Wynne, and Lotus Norton Wisla.[1]
Features
Cultural Protocols
Cultural protocols make up the core of what Mukurtu considers its ethical content management system. Community defined cultural protocols allow users to determine differing levels of access to digital content. The feature allows communities to determine, according to their own values, who can access which heritage items, making it possible to protect sensitive materials meant only for community members or only for particular community members. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the concept of community protocols covers a wide range of documents that outline how a community expects stakeholders to engage with them. They explain that a community protocol "articulating information, relevant factors, and details of customary laws and traditional authorities helps other stakeholders to better understand the community’s values and customary laws."[7]
Traditional Knowledge Labels
Collections
Roundtrip
References
- ^ a b c "About - Mukurtu CMS". Mukurtu CMS. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "Aboriginal Archive Uses New DRM - Slashdot". tech.slashdot.org. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "NEWSgrist - where spin is art: Wendy Seltzer on Mukurtu Contextual Archiving". newsgrist.typepad.com. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "Mobile - Mukurtu CMS". Mukurtu CMS. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Collmann, Jeff (2011). "Aboriginal Business (review)" (PDF). American Anthropologist. 113: 515–16.
- ^ Spirits, Jens Korff, Creative. "Aboriginal Business: Alliances in a Remote Australian Town (Kimberly Christen)". Creative Spirits. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Community Protocols". www.unep.org. Retrieved 2017-02-01.