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KELP WATER CARRIER

RESEARCH QUESTION

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How had the cultural tradition and presence of the kelp water carrier informed and influenced the First Nations peoples of the Furneaux Islands practices of technology and sustainability?

REFERENCES

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Why we are asking the question:

- Ancestral practices and knowledge and its connection to present society and future

- To investigate its specific impact on the Furneaux peoples

- To understand the impact of nature and sustainability on the acquisition of knowledge and traditions

Farhan Andalib, Georgia Eadie, Tee Giannarelli and Rachel Hou

Berk, C. D. (2017). Palawa Kaniand the Value of Language in Aboriginal Tasmania. Oceania, 87(1), 2–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/ocea.5148

Bull Kelp Water Carrier. (n.d.). Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Museums at the University of Melbourne Collection Online. https://collections.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/objects/34481/bull-kelp-water-carrier

How one of Australia’s earliest surviving Aboriginal artefacts ended up lost in Paris. (2022, July 6). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-07/gay-sculthorpe-kelp-water-container-paris-museum/101206084

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. (n.d.). Kelp water carrier (J. Gough, Ed.) [Bull kelp (Durvillea potatorum), reed, wood Kelp water carrier]. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/77071/

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Work allocation

Slides 1 & 2 - Georgia Eadie (introduction & research question)

Slide 3 - Farhan Andalib (summary of how our project contributes to New Futures)

Slides 4 & 5 - Tee Giannarelli (possible final outcome & methods and challenges)

Slide 6 - Rachel Hou (reference & conclusion)

FINAL OUTPUT IDEA

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Exhibition

3 COMPONENTS TO EXHIBITION

1. Interactive projection wordmap of what New Futures means to visitors

2. Speaker playing interview with TAZ Museum and Art Gallery Indigenous artwork/history expert

3. Poster of other research we've done to tie everything in together

JUSTIFICATION

- would like to have audience feel heavily involved in research

- using multiple different and interesting ways at showcasing information

sketch of exhibition layout

NEW FUTURES

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WHAT IS THE KELP WATER CARRIER ?

Nurturing Creativity: Integrating ancient methods like seaweed-based containers with modern innovations encourages ingenuity and unique problem-solving.

Valuing time-honored techniques leads to diverse voices sparking creative advancements.

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Produced in 2017 by Eva Richardson (b 1936) a descendent of the Trawlwoolway people of Cape Portland in North-East Tasmania.

Themes connected to object discussion:

- sustainability

- knowledge and passing of traditions

- pratical cultural technology

- historical artefact

(2017) Bull Kelp Water Carrier [Photograph]. Faculty of Medicine, Dentisry and health Sciences Museum Collection, University of Melbourne. https://collections.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/objects/34481/bull-kelp-water-carrier

METHODS AND ETHICS

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METHOD

- set computer up to project on big wall, open a wordmap, display qr code to website link for visitors to answer question

- research experts at TAS MAG and ask to interview, form questions, loop recording on speaker

- collate research and findings and create captivating poster to go alongside other exhibition components

ETHICS + PROCEDURAL CHALLENGES

- ethics: we need to constantly make sure we respect culture of First Nations peoples of Furneaux Islands

- ethics: we need to make sure we have permission from the TAZ Museum expert to interview them and record said interview

- procedural: setting up working projector and wordmap

- procedural: need to find another solution if not able to interview expert