Community story projects
Worth the Telling is built for one family telling one person's stories. It is not yet a community archive, it has no cultural permissions system, and Indigenous-language transcription has not been tested for community use.
For Indigenous Elders, families and communities considering a story project: begin with what you want recorded, who may hear it, and the protocols your project needs to follow.
A community project needs decisions from the people and community concerned before anyone records.
Use this planning brief with the Elders, Knowledge Holders or other people your community chooses. Nothing you write in the downloaded file is submitted to this website.
Download the planning briefRead the planning questions here
- What outcome does your community want, and who should guide the project?
- Which languages, dialects and writing systems need support?
- Who can consent to recording, editing, AI processing and sharing each type of material?
- What should remain private, and who may review or receive it?
- Where should originals be kept, who controls access, and what should happen if this service ends?
- Who will help participants, review accuracy and organise the archive?
The brief is a starting point for planning. It does not make a story ready to record or establish community approval.