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Evaluation: What is it good for? <ul><li>Phil Gordon </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Head Anthropology Division </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Australian Museum/ </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Manager Aboriginal Heritage Unit </li></ul></ul>

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<ul><li>The Unit’s mission is to assist Australian Indigenous communities in gaining access to their cultural heritage </li></ul><ul><li>Creating a sufficient skill base to allow communities to manage their cultural heritage </li></ul><ul><li>Staffed by Indigenous people </li></ul>Aboriginal Heritage Unit

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Consultation <ul><li>Museum’s guiding principle is self determination </li></ul><ul><li>We talk and listen and then act </li></ul><ul><li>Processes have to be developed to input this information </li></ul><ul><ul><li>thus consultation = evaluation </li></ul></ul><ul><li>rolling basis </li></ul>

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Our Protocol is <ul><li>Consultation is to be undertaken in a place acceptable to Aboriginal people </li></ul><ul><li>Long-term commitment </li></ul><ul><li>Tangible results </li></ul><ul><li>Indigenous people involved </li></ul><ul><li>Has to be something in it for them </li></ul><ul><li>Ownership and ability to direct </li></ul>

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Three projects <ul><li>Indigenous Youth Access project </li></ul><ul><li>Outreach Program </li></ul><ul><li>Keeping Culture CD-ROM </li></ul>

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Youth Access Project <ul><li>Aim to increase Indigenous youth access to museums </li></ul><ul><li>Identify political and social issues affecting their access </li></ul><ul><li>Method: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>focus groups/interviews with young Indigenous people </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>broader discussion and stakeholder interviews </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>literature analysis </li></ul></ul>

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What they wanted <ul><li>Respect for them as people </li></ul><ul><li>Welcoming atmosphere </li></ul><ul><li>Seeing themselves reflected in content, programming and staffing </li></ul><ul><li>Active learning experiences </li></ul><ul><li>Involvement in program development </li></ul><ul><li>Use of technology </li></ul><ul><li>Deal with contemporary issues </li></ul>

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Outreach Programs <ul><li>Community Workshop: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>rolling evaluation to fine tune program </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>started off with basic museum practices (eg curatorial, conservation, etc) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>program refined through workshop evaluation </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>long history of consultation </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>people know they will be listened to: </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>and their suggestions acted on </li></ul></ul></ul>

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Keeping Culture CD-ROM <ul><li>Developed to provide information </li></ul><ul><li>Using Indigenous experiences to help others develop their own museums/ cultural centres </li></ul><ul><li>Prototype tested giving feedback in development stage </li></ul><ul><li>Evaluation pivotal in the outcome </li></ul>

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Future <ul><li>Move into the delivery of services using new technologies and online access </li></ul><ul><li>e-learning </li></ul><ul><li>outreach program </li></ul><ul><li>and surprises </li></ul>