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Indigenous referencing guidance for Indigenous Knowledges
This report outlines the Indigenous Referencing Guidance for Indigenous Knowledges project undertaken by Indigenous Archives Collective (IAC) members as a research and consultation partner with CAVAL.
Acknowledging the critical need for redressing power relationships in citation processes and the importance of accurate attribution and increasing representation of Indigenous knowledges in source materials, the project has developed guidance specifically for academic libraries that work with Indigenous information sources at an undergraduate student level.
The report includes a preamble that sets the context of the work in both Australian academic libraries and within library and information studies nationally and internationally. It considers the intersections of library practices with Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing. While the work is intended for use in CAVAL libraries and to support the acknowledgement of First Nations people in Victoria, it has broader application for the acknowledgement of Indigenous Knowledges nationally.
The project has created an Indigenous Knowledge Attribution Toolkit (IKAT) that includes the following components:
- A decision tree to provide guidance for assessing content and attribution
- A citation and referencing guide with examples that include Indigenous attribution.
