Amanda Harris is research associate and operations manager at PARADISEC, University of Sydney.Nick Thieberger is ARC Future Fellow in the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne and director of PARADISEC.Linda Barwick is a professor and associate dean (research) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and director of the Sydney unit of PARADISEC.

• PARADISEC: Its history and future by Nick Thieberger, Amanda Harris and Linda Barwick Part 1: Archiving as researchChapter 1. Through the lens of performance and performativity: reframing the research quality and impact of ethnographic digital research archives by Daniela KalevaChapter 2. Reproducible research in descriptive linguistics: integrating archiving and citation into the postgraduate curriculum at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa by Andrea L. Berez Chapter 3. On the reach of digital language archives by David NathanPart 2: Enriching the archiveChapter 4. KinOath Kinship Archiver: genealogical and social relations by Peter WithersChapter 5. Shoehorning complex metadata in the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages by Catherine Bow, Michael Christie and Brian DevlinChapter 6. Reviewing, reconstructing and reinterpreting ethnographic data on musical instruments in archives and museums by Jennifer C. PostPart 3: Communities and the archiveChapter 7. Repatriating childhood: issues in the ethical return of Venda children's musical materials from the archival collection of John Blacking by Andrea EmberlyChapter 8. Repatriation and innovation in and out of the field: the impact of legacy recordings on endangered dance-song traditions and ethnomusicological research by Sally Treloyn and Rona Googninda Charles Postscript: Report on the establishment of a new archive Chapter 9. The Western Australian New Music Archive: performing as remembering by Cat Hope, Lisa MacKinney, Lelia Green, Meghan Travers and Tos MahoneyAbout the contributors Index