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 • Mukurtu