Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Bishop Museum, 6:00 to 7:30 pm Refreshments served 5:30 pm.
Co-sponsored by HMA, Bishop Museum, and U.H. Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program.
Phillip Gordon, Aboriginal Heritage Officer, Australian Museum, will give a free lecture titled, The Web and Indigenous People:The Future is Here. The innovative web-based project, in partnership with theWonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation, provides digital access to an important indigenous cultural collection held at the museum and a web-based platform designed to promote local intergenerational experiences of the collection. By delivering specialized new media skills (video production, web 2.0 programs), and by promoting the cultural transmission of intangible cultural heritage and supporting the development of local identities and community relations, this project hopes to facilitate social transformation in the Singleton Region. It also involves offering high school workshops where indigenous students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the online collection and engage with their culture through new media and the web.
