Elements and Performance Criteria
- Source Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultural material
- Identify cultural material which may be appropriate for exhibition or display within a given museum collection
- Take steps to identify and confirm traditional ownership of cultural material and consult with appropriate community
- When appropriate, use consultations with traditional custodians to determine suitable keeping place for materials not authorised for general exhibition
- Negotiate permission and advice for the use of cultural material in accordance with cultural protocols
- Complete administrative process in accordance with cultural protocols
- Take account of issues and protocols in relation to the return of cultural material to local Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities
- Handle Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultural material
- Describe, move, store and maintain cultural material in accordance with the wishes and cultural requirements of custodians
- Communicate specific cultural requirements to colleagues to ensure material is handled appropriately at all times and with the agreed involvement of traditional custodians or Indigenous people
- Prepare Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultural material for exhibition
- Consult with custodians to determine culturally appropriate approaches to promotion, exhibition and display of material, including limitations on mode of exhibit
- Develop culturally appropriate interpretive approaches in consultation with custodians
- Develop exhibition support materials which take account of cultural protocols in consultation with custodians
- Communicate requirements for the exhibition of cultural material to colleagues