We own and manage The Keeping Place software platform, a secure and innovative tool for collecting, protecting and appropriately sharing cultural knowledge. The platform builds the capacity of Aboriginal corporations to protect cultural heritage, manage native title, regain data sovereignty and unlock new social and economic opportunities.
The platform was developed as part of a pilot project involving two native title groups and three resource companies, with support from the Indigenous Land & Sea Corporation and the National Trust of Western Australia. With a shared vision, they set about creating a geospatial cultural heritage system that supported the safe and meaningful return of cultural heritage information back to the rightful custodians. The result was The Keeping Place platform.
In 2019 we were separately incorporated as an independent organisation to own and manage the platform. We’re built on a shared ownership model, where all the Aboriginal corporations that purchase and use the platform are our owner-members. This ensures we remain entirely Indigenous owned and are directly accountable to the groups that use the platform.
Building on the combined experiences of our user community, the platform will continue to evolve to meet the varying needs of groups and individuals across the country.
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