Kirsten Thorpe – författare

Living Indigenous Archives invites readers to consider new pathways for developing and sustaining archival landscapes that are embedded with respect for Indigenous worldviews and cultural flows of knowledge.Drawing on First Nations experiences in Australia, the book considers the need to reframe archives in order to rebalance power and restore dignity to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people captured in the archives. Contributing to research on the contested nature of archives and the need for archival decolonisation, the book examines whether current, dominant approaches to archiving and managing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges support Indigenous people's wellbeing and recognize Indigenous sovereignty in an archival context. Drawing on autoethnographical research and a series of yarning sessions with First Nations people, the book shares a number of case studies that discuss themes related to Indigenous archiving. These include: community engagement approaches to facilitate reciprocal relationships and counter-storytelling; archival reparations; enacting protocols to support archives' spiritual and emotional care; and the support for Indigenous language revitalization in archives.Living Indigenous Archives highlights the need for Indigenous reclamation of archives and the dismantling of colonial archiving models that are harmful to Indigenous people’s wellbeing. The book’s theoretical and practical underpinnings will be relevant to academics and students working in archival studies, as well as those engaged in the study of library and information science, Indigenous peoples and history.

Living Indigenous Archives invites readers to consider new pathways for developing and sustaining archival landscapes that are embedded with respect for Indigenous worldviews and cultural flows of knowledge.Drawing on First Nations experiences in Australia, the book considers the need to reframe archives in order to rebalance power and restore dignity to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people captured in the archives. Contributing to research on the contested nature of archives and the need for archival decolonisation, the book examines whether current, dominant approaches to archiving and managing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges support Indigenous people's wellbeing and recognize Indigenous sovereignty in an archival context. Drawing on autoethnographical research and a series of yarning sessions with First Nations people, the book shares a number of case studies that discuss themes related to Indigenous archiving. These include: community engagement approaches to facilitate reciprocal relationships and counter-storytelling; archival reparations; enacting protocols to support archives' spiritual and emotional care; and the support for Indigenous language revitalization in archives.Living Indigenous Archives highlights the need for Indigenous reclamation of archives and the dismantling of colonial archiving models that are harmful to Indigenous people's wellbeing. The book's theoretical and practical underpinnings will be relevant to academics and students working in archival studies, as well as those engaged in the study of library and information science, Indigenous peoples and history.

Living Indigenous Archives invites readers to consider new pathways for developing and sustaining archival landscapes that are embedded with respect for Indigenous worldviews and cultural flows of knowledge.Drawing on First Nations experiences in Australia, the book considers the need to reframe archives in order to rebalance power and restore dignity to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people captured in the archives. Contributing to research on the contested nature of archives and the need for archival decolonisation, the book examines whether current, dominant approaches to archiving and managing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges support Indigenous people's wellbeing and recognize Indigenous sovereignty in an archival context. Drawing on autoethnographical research and a series of yarning sessions with First Nations people, the book shares a number of case studies that discuss themes related to Indigenous archiving. These include: community engagement approaches to facilitate reciprocal relationships and counter-storytelling; archival reparations; enacting protocols to support archives' spiritual and emotional care; and the support for Indigenous language revitalization in archives.Living Indigenous Archives highlights the need for Indigenous reclamation of archives and the dismantling of colonial archiving models that are harmful to Indigenous people's wellbeing. The book's theoretical and practical underpinnings will be relevant to academics and students working in archival studies, as well as those engaged in the study of library and information science, Indigenous peoples and history.

The first installment in a brand-new, original chapter-book series set in the world of HBO Max’s hit TV show Mermicorno: Starfall and written by New York Times bestselling author Kiki Thorpe After their defeat at Ika’s lair and their arrival at the Pearl Palace, Kameko is anxious to find her dad, who is missing at sea. But Royal Mother Pearl tells her that the ocean is simply too dangerous right now!Kameko, who can’t just sit and wait, starts writing messages in bottles and releasing them, hoping that one will find its way to her dad and help them reunite. Nautique knows that this task is futile. The ocean is huge, after all.Kameko adores her Mermicorno friends. But as the only Mermaid-icorno in the group, she sometimes feels left out. Nautique and Squishella are besties, and Astra and Gwen clearly have a special connection. So who is Kameko’s best friend?As the Mermicornos make plans to find the Mermicorno Kingdom, Kameko starts to feel more than ever that she needs a best friend. Will a friend help her find her dad?