Software case studies

Mukurtu

This collection brings together 15 source-verified institutional cases involving Mukurtu: Adopted Mukurtu (15). A migration is identified only when the source documents a predecessor or transfer; other cases are classified as implementations or operational adoptions.

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Adopted Mukurtu

Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative

Australia·Aboriginal adult-education archive·2022

Tranby, one of Australia's oldest independent Aboriginal adult-education organisations, is working with the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research…

MukurtuAboriginal adult-education archiveAustralia
Adopted Mukurtu

Warumungu Community, Tennant Creek

Australia·Aboriginal community archive·2009

The Warumungu community of Tennant Creek in Australia's Northern Territory is where Mukurtu began: the platform grew out of a long collaboration between the…

MukurtuAboriginal community archiveAustralia
Adopted Mukurtu

Musée des Abénakis (Odanak)

Canada·First Nations museum·2022

The Musée des Abénakis at Odanak, Canada is implementing an instance of the open-source Mukurtu platform as part of the 'Advancing Pathways' collaboration around…

MukurtuFirst Nations museumCanada
Adopted Mukurtu

Te Pūtē Routiriata o Taranaki (Te Reo o Taranaki Trust)

New Zealand·Māori community archive·2017

Te Pūtē Routiriata o Taranaki, the archive of the Te Reo o Taranaki Charitable Trust in Aotearoa New Zealand, is a pan-tribal Māori archive supporting Taranaki reo…

MukurtuMāori community archiveNew Zealand
Adopted Mukurtu

LangArchive-TH (Mahidol University)

Thailand·University-supported ethnic collection·2021

LangArchive-TH, developed at Mahidol University's Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, uses the open-source Mukurtu platform to preserve…

MukurtuUniversity-supported ethnic collectionThailand
Adopted Mukurtu

Boston Fisheries Museum

United States·Museum / non-profit·2023

The Boston Fisheries Museum, a Massachusetts non-profit, is building a digital archive 'powered by Mukurtu' to preserve Boston's maritime and fishing heritage,…

MukurtuMuseum / non-profitUnited States
Adopted Mukurtu

Catawba Indian Nation

United States·Tribal archive·2020

The Catawba Indian Nation uses the open-source Mukurtu platform to curate and manage its digital heritage, asserting community control over the documentation of its…

MukurtuTribal archiveUnited States
Adopted Mukurtu

Huna Heritage Foundation

United States·Tribal archive·2018

The Huna Heritage Foundation, an Alaska Native heritage organisation, adopted the open-source Mukurtu platform to steward its cultural materials. Mukurtu's…

MukurtuTribal archiveUnited States
Adopted Mukurtu

Passamaquoddy People

United States·Tribal archive·2014

The Passamaquoddy people used Mukurtu to manage the return of wax-cylinder sound recordings made in Calais, Maine in 1890 — among the earliest recordings of Native…

MukurtuTribal archiveUnited States
Adopted Mukurtu

Penobscot Nation

United States·Indigenous / tribal heritage·

The Penobscot Nation's cultural heritage portal, Penobscot Collections, runs on Mukurtu CMS — the open-source, community-driven content management system built for…

MukurtuLocal Contexts TK LabelsIndigenous / tribal heritageUnited States
Adopted Mukurtu

Plateau Peoples' Web Portal (Washington State University)

United States·University-supported Indigenous collection·2011

The Plateau Peoples' Web Portal is a collaboration between eight Plateau nations and Washington State University's Center for Digital Scholarship, built on the…

MukurtuUniversity-supported Indigenous collectionUnited States
Adopted Mukurtu

Sípnuuk (Karuk Tribe)

United States·Tribal archive & library·2016

Sípnuuk — named for the Karuk word for a storage basket — is the Karuk Tribe's digital library, archive and museum, run on the open-source Mukurtu platform. It…

MukurtuTribal archive & libraryUnited States
Adopted Mukurtu

University of Florida — Samuel Proctor Oral History Program

United States·University-supported Indigenous collection·2021

The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida is using the open-source Mukurtu platform to digitally repatriate roughly 1,000 Doris Duke…

MukurtuUniversity-supported Indigenous collectionUnited States
Adopted Mukurtu

University of New Mexico — Center for Southwest Research

United States·University-supported Indigenous collection·2022

The Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico is digitising nearly 800 Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project…

MukurtuUniversity-supported Indigenous collectionUnited States
Adopted Mukurtu

Zuni Tribal Archives (Pueblo of Zuni)

United States·Tribal archive·2016

The Zuni Tribal Archives, serving the A:shiwi (Zuni) people, runs on the open-source Mukurtu platform, combining standard Dublin Core metadata with customisable…

MukurtuTribal archiveUnited States

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