Yugambeh Museum has recently launched Queensland’s First Aboriginal Language App for Apple and Android. If you click on the link below it will show you our fully functioning app on your computer screen. Yugambeh Australian Aboriginal language from the Gold Coast, Logan and Scenic Rim regions in Queensland, at your […]
aboriginal • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • YugambehMobile Technologies for Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge in Rural Communities
In this paper we explore the opportunities of mobile technologies in three of our own development endeavors with rural communities, promoting the preservation of indigenous knowledge. We reflect upon and recognize the fact that the representation of indigenous knowledge will be transformed within the digitalization process under the limitations and […]
2013 • appropriate technology • culture | preservation • indigenous / traditional knowledge • mobile • representation • ruralNative American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association is a professional organization dedicated to supporting scholars and others who work in the academic field of Native American and Indigenous studies. Founded in 2008, NAISA hosts the premier scholarly meeting in Native studies. The association has more than 700 members from over […]
aboriginal • First Nations • indigenous studies • Native American • researchCommunity Owned Best Practice for Sustainable Resource Adaptive Management (COBRA)
Welcome to Project Cobra Increasing confidence across indigenous communities by: – Discussing the challenges facing their community; – Identifying their own solutions to these challenges; – Recording these solutions using visual technologies; – Sharing their results with other communities; – Implementing best practices from other communities. Short description: We use participatory […]
best practice • development • resources management • South America • sustainabilityOverseas Development Institute (ODI)
ODI is Britain’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. We do this by locking together high […]
development • humanitarian • policy • poverty reduction • research • sustainabilityOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems. We work […]
development • OECD • policy • social changeOne Media Player per Teacher (OMPT)
One Media Player per Teacher (OMPT) is equipping teachers in remote areas with the powerful technology of portable media players (PMPs). This allows village educators to give their students enhanced learning via recorded voices and lessons from the most proficient teachers in their nation. PMPs can contain an entire year’s […]
Africa • education • health • India • information literacy • infrastructure • rural • youthTelecentresAfrica
TelecentresAfrica is an initiative launched by CTA and InfoBridge Foundation in support to the telecentre movement in Africa. The programe is open to all stakeholders interested in promoting and implementing ICT4D projects for the development of rural communities in Africa. Within the context of the global knowledge economy, telecentres have […]
Africa • CTA • cybercafe • ICT4D • rural • sustainability • telecenterSwedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Sida is a government organization under the Swedish Foreign Ministry. We adminster approximately half of Sweden’s budget for development aid. Our head quarters is in Stockholm with many offices in countries where we have ongoing activities. Swedish development aid follows three thematic priorities; democracy and human rights, environment and climate […]
aid • climate change • development • gender • human rightsCentre in ICT4D at the University of Cape Town
The Centre serves as a focal point for researchers who wish to create Information and Communication Technologies that address problems in the African Continent and other developing regions. We are a multi-disciplinary Centre that seeks to create new technologies for the developing world, as well as study the impacts of […]
Cape Town | South Africa • emerging technology • ICT4D • researchTechnology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions (TIER)
TIER is a research group at the University of California at Berkeley, investigating the design and deployment of new technologies for emerging regions. We aim to address the challenges in bringing the Information Technology revolution to the masses of the developing regions of the world. Historically, most projects that aim […]
education • health • infrastructure • knowledge sharing / exchange • technologyTHINK! The Innovation Knowledge Foundation
THINK! (The Innovation Knowledge Foundation) is an international no-profit research institute – a think tank – whose aim is to collect, process, share and circulate information concerning the ways in which ICT and digital technologies can enable innovation processes, economic growth and human development in mature, emerging and less developed […]
development • digital divide • ICT4D • ICTs • innovation • knowledge sharing / exchange • researchTechnology Salon: a discussion at the intersection of technology & development
In April of 2008, Wayan Vota started the Technology Salon™ as a forum where technology and development professionals could share their opinions on emerging trends in ICT and international development in an intimate and informal discussion around technology’s impact on donor-sponsored technical assistance delivery, and private enterprise driven economic development, […]
development • ICT4D • Inveneo • knowledge sharing / exchange • technologyTechnology & Social Change Group at the University of Washington (TASCHA)
The Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information School explores the design, use, and effects of information and communication technologies in communities facing social and economic challenges. With experience in 50 countries, TASCHA brings together a multidisciplinary network of social scientists, engineers, and development practitioners […]
ICT4D • ICTs • impact of | ICTs • research • social change • TASCHA