The future of Australian Indigenous records and archives is social

The postmodern archival era has seen a change in archival practice due to the culmination of postmodern thought, the naturalisation of digital technology and recognition of Indigenous rights. Indigenous rights assertions, or warrants, have called for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' self-determination in their own representation through the right to know and right of reply. Despite the stronger support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights in records, the evolution of archival management software and a broadened understanding of what archives and records can be, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples still struggle to access their records in large institutional archives. Despite this, or perhaps because of this, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have found ways to create their own records and share archival records using social media. This chapter discusses how Aboriginal people are circumventing archival rules to create, store and provide access to records using social media.