Ronald Briggs Ronald Briggs i(10768172 works by)
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1 1 y separately published work icon Living Language : Country Culture Community Ronald Briggs , New South Wales : State Library of New South Wales , 2019 17021778 2019 single work multimedia

'In Australia, roughly 90% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages still spoken today are considered endangered, and many communities are doing extraordinary work to protect, promote and pass on their languages. These languages are at the core of our memories, our expression and our ability to sustain our cultures and identities, and their destruction has had profound on Aboriginal people in Australia since 1788.

'There were more than 250 languages spoken in Australia before 1788, and even more dialects. Our languages are among the oldest on the planet, and include ancient sign languages and non-verbal forms of communicating still practised throughout Australia.' (Exhibition introduction)
1 From Principle to Practice : Community Consultation Regarding Access to Indigenous Language Material in Archival Records at the State Library of New South Wales Lauren Booker , Sophie Nicholls , Kirsten Thorpe , Melissa Jackson , Clement Girault , Ronald Briggs , Caroline Jones , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Archives and Manuscripts , vol. 44 no. 3 2016; (p. 110-123) 'In the context of Indigenous languages, archival science in Australia continues to move from a theoretical framework of considering record subjects as third parties to a ‘participants model’. In a participants model framework record subjects are considered co-creators and custodians of the intellectual property of the record. However, the shift from theory to practice is still an under-described challenge currently facing archival professionals. This article reports on an experience of applying guidelines developed by First Languages Australia (FLA) and National and State Libraries of Australasia (NSLA) aimed at enhancing the rights of Indigenous Australians over records that contain Indigenous language material. A team of researchers from the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) Indigenous Services branch and Western Sydney University engaged with four Indigenous language groups to evaluate records containing Indigenous language material held at the SLNSW. On viewing the archival records of Indigenous language material members of community groups expressed a diversity of opinions and suggestions. This feedback was grouped by the authors into the following themes: painful remembrance of the provenance of the archival record, evaluations of the value of the documents, custodianship and use of the language material, and access to the SLNSW records. The authors found that participants in the study substantially shaped the process of implementing the protocols.' (Introduction)
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