Outreach and Relations

• • Partnership formation founded in the principles of Humility and Gratitude

  • Clear communication with communities exploring what Empowerment means and looks like to partner communities themselves

  • Mutual Benefit

    • Global archive of invaluable indigenous human history

    • Community preservation & awareness

Protections

• • Investigation of potential conflicts, dangers, and harassment 

Narrator/Community considerations

Partnered dialogue focuses on potential for harm or trauma to:

Narrator & Network

Community

Interviewer

• • Institutional/Individual Support (click for further information) - Relevant local and international museums, nonprofits, or other organizations may partner with IRP projects for the purpose(s) of:

    • Anonymity assurances

    • Cultural liaising

    • Language & translation of documents and interview(s)

Translator determined by narrators

Interview/Record Planning: IRP's Project Tree (see diagram above)

• Roots - The foundational building blocks in IRP’s rapport building initiatives:

  • Mutual Understanding - The following categories are considered according to community priorities and culture:

    • Terminology - Culturally appropriate meanings must be carefully discussed to ensure significant vocabulary used by either IRP or Narrators 

    • Purpose of project and oral history role

    • Methodology: processes & logistics

  • Funding Information

    • Who, Why, Where?

• Trunk - Necessary pillars strengthening the research, partnership, and final product(s)

  • Privacy and Access

    • Narrator access to interview and related materials

      • 3rd party access permissions

  • Shared/Participatory Power and Rolling Consent

Deed of Gift - Ensures community ownership and IRP stewardship of oral history and folk music productions

• Potential cross-cultural considerations facilitate accurate communication and ethical contractual agreements

Cooperative Fundamentals for each IRP Project

• Co-constructed consent forms

• Automatic shared copyright

• Co-determined interview usage (reconfirm Pre-Permissions from Phase I)

• Co-created access levels (Community-centered)

• Co-admittance to all interview data for narrators/communities

Checks and Balances

• Changes to consent at narrator’s request

Can occur as a consequence of miscommunication during Phase I or early in Phase II

Partner communities determine the frequency of reassessing consent permissions

Crown - Final Products & Major Events

Film & Album Premieres

• Purpose of event

• Use and diffusion of research

Outcomes must be considered prior to commencing production

• Unintended dangers/challenges

• Preservation

• Short/Long term community access

Interviews/Recordings

• Translated documents provided to narrators and communities prior to and during interview sessions:

  • Glossary of terms

  • List of questions

  • Primary and secondary contact information for IRP

  • Assurance that segments with vulnerable information can be removed or withheld at narrator’s request 

Post-Interviews / Recordings - Facilitates a comprehensive mutual process of accurate interpretation

• Narrator review and approval of all interview notes

  • Consideration of interviewer’s presumptions and assertions

• Preservation

  • Decisions regarding preservation and archiving should be made during the Protections process of Roots Phase II and revisited again here during Trunk Production Phase III

    • Following the interviews, all previously made decisions are confirmed with narrators and community leaders

    • Review access policies with narrators and community leaders

      • Assure fluidity of rights per narrators’ needs

  • Interpretation

    • Final Product Review - Narrator/Community-Centered 

    • Exhibition Platforms - Where the research is exhibited must be considered to assess if any further audience guidance or explanations may be necessary.

      • Online, Film Festivals, Libraries, Universities and Schools, None

  • Multi-layered Archiving - Security and accessibility analyzed cooperatively with narrator(s)/community

    • Digital & Physical

      • Location - Where will transcripts, community information, and research related documents be stored?

      • Duration - How long will all relevant material be stored?

      • Finances - What is the source of funding the storage of research materials?

      • Community 

        • If desired and viable, the partner community will retain a copy of all materials for their personal and local records

  • Protective Considerations

    • Clear, accurate, and empathic communication with potential patner communities regarding:

      • Restrictions (Locations of exhibition, Time)

      • Digital Firewalls

      • Pseudonyms

      • Providing legal assistance

      • No Protections Guaranteed*

  • Sustained Relationships

    • • IRP Branches

        • Indigenous Roots Productions offers all partners the opportunity to join a network of IRP Branches Members. These include all communities and organizations who have participated in projects and wish to continue collaborating as a collective.

Ensure all agreed upon proceeds or compensation continue to reach narrators and communities

Maintain communication on matters of protection and community concerns

Provide opportunities for future projects pending narrator needs and intentions

IRP Community Vine

• Partner communities who wish to join IRP's network of project partners will have the opportunity to engage with other IRP partner communities for the purposes of:

  • Fellowship & solidarity

  • Shared knowledge

  • Mutual Beneficence in accordance with each community's wishes