archives • historical narratives • representation of Indigenous peoples • anti-racist praxis
I am currently a MUFIR Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Macquarie University's Department of Indigenous Studies. My research examines the representation of Indigenous people in archives. My doctoral research looked broadly at the involvement and agency of Indigenous people at each stage of the record continuum. My postdoctoral research focusses specifically on metadata enrichment to improve records discoverability and access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
As a researcher, I am committed to the development of new modes of collaboration, engagement, and partnership with Indigenous peoples for the care and stewardship of past and future heritage collections.
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Published Works
Barrowcliffe, R. (2021a). Closing the narrative gap: Social media as a tool to reconcile institutional archival narratives with Indigenous counter-narratives. Archives and Manuscripts, 49(3), 151–166. https://doi.org/10.1080/01576895.2021.1883074
Barrowcliffe, R. (2021b, September 28). Celebrating K’gari: Why the renaming of Fraser Island is about so much more than a name. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/celebrating-kgari-why-the-renaming-of-fraser-island-is-about-so-much-more-than-a-name-168378
Barrowcliffe, R., Booker, L., McKemmish, S., & Thorpe, K. (2021). Activating and supporting the Tandanya Adelaide Declaration on Indigenous Archives. Archives and Manuscripts, 49(3), 167–185. https://doi.org/10.1080/01576895.2021.1961086
Barrowcliffe, R. (2020a, June 17). #BlackLivesMatter and archives in australia. Indigenous Archives Collective. https://indigenousarchives.net/2020/06/17/blacklivesmatter-and-archives-in-australia/
Barrowcliffe, R. (2020b, July 20). Response to comments to the #BLACKLIVESMATTER AND ARCHIVES IN AUSTRALIA blog post. Indigenous Archives Collective. https://indigenousarchives.net/2020/07/21/response-to-comments-to-the-blacklivesmatter-and-archives-in-australia-blog-post/
Conference Presentations
Barrowcliffe, R. (n.d.). Episode Nine: The Indigenous Narrative Paradox in Colonial Archives (No. 9) [Podcast]. https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/narrative-network/2022/09/15/episode-nine-indigenous-narratives-in-colonial-archives-with-rose-barrowcliffe/
Barrowcliffe, R. (2019, August 31). Reading between the lines: Uncovering Butchulla history in the K’gari Research Archive [Presentation]. Eighth Biennial K’gari Conference: Community, Culture and Collaborations, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia. https://fido.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Final-Program-Booklet-2019-Kgari-Conference-1.pdf
Barrowcliffe, R. (2020, February 6). Critical analysis of record descriptions to combat silence in the archives [Presentation]. Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association 2020 Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Barrowcliffe, R. (2021a, October). Searching for ourselves: Analysing metadata to incorporate Indigenous perspectives in existing archive collections [Presentation]. International Council of Archives.
Barrowcliffe, R. (2021b, November 7). Amplifying Indigenous voice in the archive: An Indigenous user’s perspective [Presentation]. RMIT Roundtable for National and State LIbraries.
Barrowcliffe, R. (2022a, May 17). NSLA contemporary Indigenous collections: What we learnt from a collections audit [Keynote]. Australian Library and Information Association National Conference 2022, Canberra, Australia. https://www.alia.org.au/Abstracts/Concurrent-Sessions/NSLA%20contemporary%20Indigenous%20collections%20-%20what%20we%20learnt%20from%20a%20collections%20audit.aspx
Barrowcliffe, R. (2022b, June 7). Context, Collections and Communities [Australian Library and Information Association]. Australian Library and Information Association Online Talks.
Barrowcliffe, R. (2022c, August 11). The Indigenous Narrative Paradox in Colonial Archives [Presentation]. University of Melboure: Narrative Network, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Barrowcliffe, R. (2022d, October). State Library of Queensland: Indigenous Knowledge Centres of Queensland Panel [Panel].
Barrowcliffe, R. (2022e, October 18). Loris Williams Memorial Lecture: Here we are [Keynote]. Australian Society of Archivists Conference 2022, Canberra, Australia.
Barrowcliffe, R. (2023, February 17). Moving beyond copyright legacies: Work institutions can do to support Indigenous Knowledge ownership [Presentation]. The Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum 2023, Canberra, Australia. https://digital.org.au/events/forum-2023/
Hamm, I., Barrowcliffe, R., & Thompson, P. (2022, September 28). State LIbrary of Queensland Solomon Panel [Panel]. 2022 Solomon Lecture, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Love, S., & Barrowcliffe, R. (2021, June 26). Teaching History using Dark Emu [Presentation]. Queensland History Teachers Association Conference 2021. https://qhta.com.au/qhta-conference-brisbane-26-june-2021/
Loxton, D., Thorpe, K., James, T., Barrowcliffe, R., & Galassi, M. (2020, November 2). International Indigenous Archives Research Agendas & The Tandaya Adelaide Declaration [Presentation]. Community Informatics Virtual Seminar Series. https://sites.google.com/view/community-informatics/2020-seminar-series
Phillips, S., Barrowcliffe, R., Denoon, L., & Haugh, M. (2022, August 4). Co-Design Panel [Panel]. Bringing Data to Life: Co-Designing a Language Data Commons, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7425925
Thorpe, K., Booker, L., Galassi, M., & Barrowcliffe, R. (2022, September 21). What reciprocity looks like across international borders? Building dialogue through colonial displaced archives [Presentation]. International Council of Archives Congress 2022, Rome, Italy.
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