Ethnographic archival records and cultural property

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Ethnographic archival records and cultural property Laszlo, Krisztina

Abstract

This article looks at concepts of cultural property as they apply to archival holdings, and specifically how these concepts apply to ethnographic archival materials with First Nations content. The author explores ethical and moral responsibilities of archivists to the information content of such material in our holdings and the ways we treat culturally sensitive images and content. The author also addresses the increased involvement of aboriginal people in the management of their cultural resources and how collaboration can determine culturally appropriate care and preservation from an archival perspective. Issues relating to moral and physical ownership are also addressed.

Item Metadata

Title	Ethnographic archival records and cultural property
Creator	Laszlo, Krisztina
Contributor	University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology
Publisher	Archivaria
Date Issued	2006
Description	This article looks at concepts of cultural property as they apply to archival holdings, and specifically how these concepts apply to ethnographic archival materials with First Nations content. The author explores ethical and moral responsibilities of archivists to the information content of such material in our holdings and the ways we treat culturally sensitive images and content. The author also addresses the increased involvement of aboriginal people in the management of their cultural resources and how collaboration can determine culturally appropriate care and preservation from an archival perspective. Issues relating to moral and physical ownership are also addressed.
Subject	Archives; First Nations; Cultural property; Preservation
Genre	Article
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2011-10-20
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0103641
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38129
Affiliation	Other UBC
Citation	Laszlo, K. (2006). Ethnographic archival records and cultural property. Archivaria, 61, 300-307.
Peer Review Status	Reviewed
Scholarly Level	Other
Copyright Holder	Krisztina Laszlo
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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