There is a growing need to preserve indigenous knowledge, as indigenous communities around the world face ongoing threats to the survival of their traditional languages and cultures. Although libraries have not traditionally focused on this area, libraries and information professionals can play an important role in assisting indigenous communities with […]
2008 • culture | preservation • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge management • librariesThe Use of Social Media Technologies to Create, Preserve & Disseminate IK
The preservation, management, and sharing of indigenous knowledge is crucial for social and economic development in rural Africa. The high rate of illiteracy (print-based) in rural Africa and the exclusion of indigenous knowledge from Western education add to the information gap experienced in rural Africa. Other challenges facing oral cultures […]
2014 • Africa • culture | preservation • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge sharing / exchange • libraries • mobile • social mediaNever Neutral: Critical Approaches to Digital Tools & Culture in the Humanities
But technology is never neutral and I’m starting to see pause and critique as part of my charge, too. This opening quote is from Robin Camille Davis, Emerging Technologies & Distance Services Librarian at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at CUNY. An “Emerging Technologies Librarian” is one of several digital […]
2013 • culture • digital humanities • digital library • digital tools • emerging technologyRemediating sacred imagery on screens: Yolngu experiments with new media technology
When I first arrived in the Yolngu township of Galiwin’ku to undertake fieldwork for my doctoral thesis at the University of Melbourne and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, almost a decade ago to the day, a particular research question had been on my mind for some time. Over […]
2013 • aboriginal • archive • Australia • Galiwin’ku • GIKC • new media • YolnguA Holistic Perspective on Indigenous Digital Libraries in Taiwan
This paper reports on the development of Taiwan indigenous digital libraries representing fourteen groups with about five hundred and two thousand indigenous people. The study reviews 50 indigenous-related projects and initiatives in the Taiwan E-learning & Digital Archives Program (TELDAP), and concludes 5 findings of Taiwan’s indigenous digital library, each […]
2014 • archive • digital collections • digital library • indigenous / traditional knowledge • participatory • TaiwanMukurtu: Information Retrieval System Engineered for Indigenous Individuals and Communities
This paper will examine the Mukurtu content management system (CMS) developed by researchers at Washington State University to address specific needs of Indigenous individuals and Indigenous communities worldwide. Mukurtu is based on the open-source DRUPAL platform and utilizes many aspects unique to that platform, such as role-based permission systems, which […]
2014 • content management system • Drupal • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • knowledge management • MukurtuCultural gaming: Iñupiat stories come alive in “Never Alone (Kisima Inŋitchuŋa)”
“A clear question, then, is can this powerful new medium be harnessed as a new platform for passing along wisdom from generation to generation in a culturally appropriate, engaging format?” Young people of every generation – to some degree – pull away from the mores, ideals, and traditions of their […]
cultural heritage • never alone • oral narrative • video game • youthIntercontinental Cry (IC Magazine)
For the past 10 years, IC Magazine has stood at the forefront of the global indigenous movement. As a grassroots publication run by volunteers, we have published more than 3,000 articles detailing the challenges, struggles, and successes of approximately 520 Indigenous Nations and Peoples around the world. Preferring to offer […]
citizen media • indigenous communities • indigenous issues • social changeIndigenas Digitais – ICTs and Brazilian Indigenous communities
I recently learned about this documentary from @simsa0 who pointed me to this posting on Intercontinental Cry magazine. – Cheers, Mark Indigenas Digitais is a 2010 documentary directed by Sebastian Gerlic and produced by Thydêwá about the use of information communication technologies by Brazilian Indigenous tribes to improve human rights […]
culture • documentary • human rights • ICTsExploring Culture in a Digital World
This is a technical paper describing the pedagogical and technological requirements for the Wondervision Project. It examines how digital technologies can be used to connect cultures in a way that is respectful and results in deeper understanding of culture. The Indigenous culture of Australia is the learning context, with the […]
2014 • Australia • cross-cultural • design • digital • indigenous aesthetics • research • technologyAustralian Aboriginal Virtual Heritage
Cultural knowledge is a central tenant of identity for Aboriginal people and it is vitally important that the preservation of heritage values happens. Digital Songlines is a project that seeks to achieve this and was initiated as a way to develop the tools for recording cultural heritage knowledge in a […]
2014 • aboriginal • Australia • cultural heritage • digital heritage • digital humanities • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge management • songline • virtual realitySocial Media in Remote First Nation Communities
Community resilience in First Nations includes ties to people both inside and outside the community, intergenerational communication, the sharing of stories, and family and community connectedness. This study, based on a survey of Internet users in the Sioux Lookout region of Northwestern Ontario, explores the link between social networking sites […]
2014 • communication • culture | preservation • First Nations • indigenous communities • Internet use • social networkingJournal of Interactive Humanities
The humanities have begun to embrace digital technology as a means of expressing scholarship and thought. However, it has become apparent that humanities content cannot simply be transferred into these new media. The humanities may be making the mistake it has observed of other fields: “Part of the problem seems […]
cultural heritage • design • digital heritage • digital humanities • interactive • research • technologyStory Guided Virtual Cultural Heritage Applications
Virtual cultural heritage applications, particularly virtual museums, nowadays include various forms of storytelling. Every object, site or artifact is better perceived and understood through the adjoining story. Interactive applications naturally request the storytelling to become interactive as well. This paper describes the concepts of interactive digital storytelling in our virtual […]
2014 • cultural heritage • digital storytelling • interactive • storytelling • user experience • virtual museumLanguage app: Saulteaux
File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council of Fort Qu’Appelle Saskatchewan, Canada is delighted to present to you a Saulteaux Language app now available on iTunes App store. This app offers learning, practice, games and quizzes in many everyday categories such as greetings, phrases, vowels, expressions and much more! Learn your language […]
dictionary • File Hills Qu'Appelle • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Native American • SaulteauxLanguage app: Cree
File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council of Fort Qu’Appelle Saskatchewan, Canada is delighted to present to you a Cree Language app now available on iTunes App store. This app offers learning, practice, games and quizzes in many everyday categories such as greetings, phrases, vowels, expressions and much more! Learn your language […]
Cree • dictionary • File Hills Qu'Appelle • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Native AmericanLanguage app: Dakota
File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council of Fort Qu’Appelle Saskatchewan, Canada is delighted to present to you a Dakota Language app now available on iTunes App store. This app offers learning, practice, games and quizzes in many everyday categories such as greetings, phrases, vowels, expressions and much more! Learn your language […]
Dakota • dictionary • File Hills Qu'Appelle • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Native AmericanLanguage app: Nakota
File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council of Fort Qu’Appelle Saskatchewan, Canada is delighted to present to you a Nakota Language app now available on iTunes App store. This app offers learning, practice, games and quizzes in many everyday categories such as greetings, phrases, vowels, expressions and much more! Learn your language […]
dictionary • File Hills Qu'Appelle • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Nakota • Native AmericanLanguage app: Lakota
File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council of Fort Qu’Appelle Saskatchewan, Canada is delighted to present to you a Lakota Language app now available on iTunes App store. This app offers learning, practice, games and quizzes in many everyday categories such as greetings, phrases, vowels, expressions and much more! Learn your language […]
dictionary • File Hills Qu'Appelle • indigenous language • Lakota • language | preservation • language app • Native AmericanBuilding Digital Capacities: Enabling the Drivers of Social Change through ICTs
Welcome to IICD’s Annual Report 2013. Our report will take you through the countries we work in and a selection of projects that demonstrate how our ICT-led social innovation process has helped foster behavioural and social change in these communities. IICD uses ICT to help build the capacity of people […]
2014 • Africa • capacity building • ICTs • IICD • innovation • Latin America • social changeExploring the Link Between ICT and Development in the Context of Developing Countries: a Literature Review
The article contributes to the ongoing discussion on relating information and communication technology (ICT) to development (D). The quest to relate ICT to D is a topic of open deliberation and critical scrutiny in ICT4D research communities. To enhance the understanding in this regard, we conducted a literature review. The […]
2014 • capability approach • development • ICT4D • ICTs • literature review • research