01834nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002000043653001500063653003300078653001700111653002000128100001700148245010700165856015400272300001200426490000700438520116300445022002001608                                       d10aethnomusicology10aIndigenous10aIntangible cultural heritage10arepatriation10asound recording1 aJason Gibson00aEthnographic sound collections and Australian Aboriginal Heritage: Kaytetye song traditions remembered  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053373193&doi=10.1080%2f13527258.2018.1518255&partnerID=40&md5=409668101618ee8df734e8bf7364fd85  a537-5520 v253 aSong was one of the principal methods of transmitting knowledge in the fundamentally oral societies of Indigenous Australia. As the breadth of song traditions has greatly diminished over the past 200 years, archival recordings of song now form a significant resource of intangible cultural heritage for Australia’s Indigenous people. The song performances recorded in the past are now being rediscovered, remembered and in some cases revived. This paper presents findings from a recent project involving the return of a set of poorly documented recordings of songs to Kaytetye people in central Australia. These newly discovered recordings, the earliest ever made of Kaytetye singing, are shown to be an important heritage resource for these communities. Working collaboratively with senior song experts in order to gain a better understanding of the meaning and cultural significance of various songs, I document the how this discussion of audio material generated important social-histories and memories, reinforced local understandings of rights in cultural heritage, and revealed both continuities and changes in Kaytetye ceremonial and song practice.  a13527258 (ISSN)