2024 Industry Laureate Profile: Professor Robyn Sloggett

Professor Robyn Sloggett

Administering Organisation: The University of Melbourne

Fellowship Project Summary 

IL240100061 – Safe keeping: Effecting solutions for risk to remote Indigenous heritage

With Australia witnessing the loss of Indigenous cultural heritage, the aim of this project is to produce research outcomes that will reduce the risk of further losses of remotely located Indigenous collections. It will unlock and secure the asset capacity of collections for Indigenous knowledge, income production, job creation, world-leading research programs, and deliver a community education resource for future generations. The project’s co-designed and co-delivered research—situated within the philosophy of two-way knowledge reciprocity practised by Gija, Yolngu and other Indigenous partners—will deliver the first comprehensive analysis of risks to cultural collections in remote communities; identify ways to properly manage these risks; assess best-practice IP management; identify and evaluate potential income; and develop assessment tools to provide evidence of the economic and social value of these collections. The project will deliver a step-change in the capacity for Indigenous communities to care for their cultural heritage, contribute to self-determination and reduce risk to national assets. 

Australian Research Council funding: $3,686,472

Industry Partners: Arnhem Northern and Kimberly Artists Corporation – Anka, IAS Fine Art Logistics PTY Limited 

To find out more about Professor Sloggett, please visit her profile page here.

For further information about this funding scheme, please visit the Industry Laureate Fellowships page.