From the PBS website… How can the modern study of global change benefit from ancient knowledge? Special correspondent John Larson reports on the new ways indigenous communities around the world are connecting with one another to share observations and sustain their native cultures. Excerpt from the transcript JOHN LARSON: When […]
2014 • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge sharing / exchange • National Geographic Society • western knowledgeDigital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)
Special thanks to Laurie Taylor with the University of Florida (laurien@ufl.edu) for suggesting this resource. The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean, and community. As a digital library, dLOC provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean […]
archive • Caribbean • cultural heritage • digital collections • digital library • dLOCParticipatory Content Creation for Development: Principles and Practices
Excerpt from Foreword In any developing country, a prime ingredient for development is information. How that information is spread among people and how it is understood and used are also crucial, be it the latest research on fertilisers; agriculture or land development; town planning and community building; environment; disaster preparedness; […]
content creation • development • Finding a Voice • ICTs • information society • participatory • UNESCOICT4D: Connecting People for a Better World
Are information and communication technologies (ICT) such as computers, mobile phones, radio, TV, video and the Internet effective instruments to empower people, reduce poverty and improve lives? Or are ICT just deepening already existing inequalities and divisions in the world? In this book, key innovators, leading CEOs, top-level government leaders […]
2004 • challenges • ICT4D • ICTs • mobile • toolkit#imld14: International Mother Language Day
Today is designated International Mother Language Day by UNESCO. From the UNESCO IMLD site: International Mother Language Day has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The date represents the day in 1952 when students demonstrating for recognition of their language, Bangla, […]
indigenous language • language • language | preservationIPID presentation videos
The International Network for Postgraduate Students in the area of ICT4D (IPID) is a network of postgraduate students doing research in ICT4D. IPID operates through inter alia support to doctoral as well as master students and increased visibility at international conferences. The network is administered by the School of Business […]
ICT4D • IPID • research • SIDA • SPIDER • videoPreserving [digital] Objects With Restricted Resources (POWRR)
About POWRR While many larger institutions have made considerable headway on digital preservation, many medium and smaller sized institutions have struggled to make similar progress, largely due to a lack of economy of scale. This project will investigate, evaluate, and, at its close, recommend scalable, sustainable digital preservation solutions for […]
digital collections • digital preservation • digital tools • toolkitIndigenous Community Stories
About Indigenous Community Stories Indigenous Community Stories records Western Australia’s Indigenous heritage, cultural and historical stories using future-proof, high definition digital video technology and professional film crews. The initiative aims to record 100 Indigenous oral histories, so they can be viewed by future generations as well as creating invaluable records […]
cultural heritage • culture | preservation • film • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • oral history • storytelling • videoResearch is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods – a presentation by Dr. Shawn Wilson
Modified from post originally published on the Red River College Applied Research blog. Join Red River College and Dr. Shawn Wilson, a Manitoba-born Indigenous people research expert visiting from Australia, to learn about and explore the realm of Indigenous research. Wilson’s book, entitled “Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods” examines […]
Indigenous New Media Symposium 2014
The Indigenous New Media Symposium aims to bring together Native American and First Nation media makers and creative activists to discuss how new media platforms are being used in the indigenous community to educate, organize, entertain, and advocate. In the past few years blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other tools […]
conference • digital media • indigenous media • Native American • social mediaDigital Preservation in a Box
Digital Preservation in a Box is a product of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance’s (NDSA) Outreach Working Group and is designed as a toolkit to support outreach activities that introduce the basic concepts of preserving digital information. The DPB provides the best available resources and tools to help you communicate […]
culture | preservation • digital collections • digital heritage • digital preservation • digital tools • toolkitOpen Source Toolkit
The Open Source Toolkit: Empowering digital teachers and learners through access to open-source software. Through the Open Source Toolkit, the DHC exposes the university community to software freedom. The project benefits the community by: demonstrating the uses of open source providing workshops for new users fostering a supportive peer community […]
digital humanities • digital tools • open source • software • toolkitCreating Digital Maps to Help Preserve Cultural Heritage of Kamchatka Community
Originally published on the UA News website by Yara Askar (January 29, 2014). Excerpt University of Arizona anthropologist Benedict Colombi is leading a public-private project to help a Russian indigenous people preserve its language and cultural knowledge. The workshop and mapping project in Kamchatka stemmed from UA anthropologist Benedict Colombi’s […]
Google • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • Itelmen • Kamchatka • mappingNational Digital Repository of South Africa
The National Digital Repository is organised into four sections: ART | CULTURES | INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE | MUSIC Vision National Digital Repository serves to collect, preserve, promote and disseminate South Africa’s cultural heritage. It is also meant to reinforce the national imperatives of fostering national identity and social cohesion. By its nature […]
cultural heritage • culture | preservation • digital collections • documenting • indigenous / traditional knowledge • South AfricaMAI Journal: a New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship
MAI Journal is an open access journal that publishes multidisciplinary peer-reviewed articles that critically analyse and address indigenous and Pacific issues in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand. We aim to publish scholarly articles that substantively engage with intellectual indigenous scholarship. MAI Journal reflects developments in the vision and mission […]
Aotearoa • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous issues • indigenous studies • interdisciplinary • New Zealand • open access • researchThe Preservation of Canadian Indigenous Language and Culture through Education Technology
This study was a preliminary investigation into the preservation of Indigenous language and culture through educational technology. Using the research methods of an online questionnaire, on-site visits, semi-structured interviews and reflective journals, I examined current methods adopted by Aboriginal Language and Culture (ALC) teachers in British Columbia. This article provides […]
2013 • culture | preservation • education • language | preservation • research • technologyAlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal. It aims to present indigenous worldviews from native indigenous perspectives. AlterNative is dedicated to the analysis and dissemination of native indigenous knowledge that uniquely belongs to cultural, traditional, tribal and aboriginal peoples as well as first-nations, from around […]
aboriginal • AlterNative • First Nations • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous issues • indigenous scholars • indigenous studies • interdisciplinary • Native American • researchA Digital Shift: Youth and ICT for Development Best Practices
A publication of the GAID Committee of eLeaders for Youth and ICT, In collaboration with TakingITGlobal and the Youth Unit of Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. This publication was done with two purposes in mind. The first is to showcase the efforts of individuals and groups who are inspiring a […]
2009 • education • GAID • ICTs • millennium development goals • youthICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development
ICT4D provides an authoritative and accessible account of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in contemporary development practice. It combines theory with practical guidance – including both a conceptual framework for understanding the rapid development of ICT4D, and practitioners’ overviews of the use of ICTs in enterprise, health, […]
2008 • Africa • Asia • challenges • development • ICT4D • ICTs • Latin America • researchBackward Compatible: Cybertracker fuses ancient knowledge with cutting-edge technology
Excerpt: CyberTracker creator Louis Liebenberg, a South African scientist and author, first came up with the idea in 1996 while tracking with a group of Kalahari Bushmen. Liebenberg realized that he could help save the Bushmen’s rapidly disappearing knowledge if he could find a way to help trackers, who could […]
2008 • CyberTracker • data collection • GPS • smart phone • softwareWorld Bank eAtlas of Global Development
The World Bank e-Atlas of Global Development is a sophisticated online, interactive tool that maps and graphs more than 175 indicators from the World Bank’s development database. Developed in collaboration with HarperCollins, the e-Atlas of Global Development allows users to easily and quickly transform data into customized visual comparisons across […]
2011 • development • World BankDevelopment Matters 2007-2010
Development Matters, a monthly development update from the DHAN Collective that was published between 2007 and 2010, provides readers with a glimpse of the progress made through various programmes and themes of the DHAN Collective throughout India. Each issue features highlights such as voices from the grassroots level, community in […]
2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • development • India • millennium development goalsCultural Survival Quarterly
Cultural Survival Quarterly is the flagship publication of Cultural Survival, an organization that works toward a world in which Indigenous Peoples speak their languages, live on their land, control their resources, maintain thriving cultures, and participate in broader society on equal footing with other peoples. We provide advocacy to amplify […]
Cultural Survival • culture • indigenous issuesDigital Culture & Education
Digital Culture & Education (DCE) is an international inter-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal. This interactive, open-access web-published journal is for those interested in digital culture and education. The journal is devoted to analysing the impact of digital culture on identity, education, art, society, culture and narrative within social, political, economic, cultural and […]
culture • digital • education • interdisciplinary • open accessEncyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with ICT
The Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology is an important and timely reference source on all topics related to the emerging field of information and communication technology (ICT) and its role in developing regional communities. This single-volume provides a thorough examination of concepts, technologies, policies, training, […]
2005 • development • ICT4D • ICTs