In 2016, the Millennium Development Goals will be replaced by the post-2015 development agenda (PTDA). The foundational content is in place for this new agenda, which will be the single most-important force shaping the future of international development and, hence, the single most-important force shaping the future of information-and-communication-technology-for-development (ICT4D). […]
2014 • development • ICT4D • millennium development goals • priorities • researchJaqi Aru: promoting the use of Aymara on the Internet
Jaqi Aru An online community with the commitment to promote the native language of Aymara on the Internet. Through the use of translations and the creation of content using digital media, we want to contribute and enrich the content in our language in cyberspace. About In 2007, two of Jaqi […]
Aymara • Bolivia • community media • digital • indigenous communities • indigenous language • South AmericaKalanga Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/25/14, there are 96 entries, 85 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © Kalanga community. (2014) Dictionary produced by Mthulisi Ncube and Pax Nkomo, sound recordings by Nathaniel Ncube, technical production by Gregory D. S. Anderson, Jeremy Fahringer and K. David Harrison. (2014). All rights reserved. […]
dictionary • indigenous language • Kalanga • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Swarthmore CollegePohnpeian Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/25/14, there are 552 entries, 108 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © Pohnpeian community. (2013) Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: 2013. Anderson, Gregory D.S. and […]
dictionary • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Pohnpeian • Swarthmore CollegePingelapese Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 623 entries, 51 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © Pingelapese community. (2013) Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: 2013. Anderson, Gregory D.S. and […]
dictionary • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Pingelapese • Swarthmore CollegeNukuoro Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 739 entries, 274 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © Nukuoro community. (2013) Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: 2013. Anderson, Gregory D.S. and […]
dictionary • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Nukuoro • Swarthmore CollegeNamolukese Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 575 entries, 194 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © Namolukese community. (2013) Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: 2013. Anderson, Gregory D.S. and […]
dictionary • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • Namolukese • National Geographic Society • Swarthmore CollegeMokilese Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 596 entries, 161 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © Mokilese community. (2013) Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: 2013. Anderson, Gregory D.S. and […]
dictionary • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • Mokilese • National Geographic Society • Swarthmore CollegeKapingamarangi Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 1156 entries, 428 audio files, and 123 images. All content copyright © Kapingamarangi community. (2013) Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: 2013. Anderson, Gregory D.S. and […]
dictionary • indigenous language • Kapingamarangi • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Swarthmore CollegeTlacolula Valley Zapotec Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 830 entries, 806 audio files, and 13 images. All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities. (2013) Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: Lillehaugen, […]
dictionary • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Swarthmore College • ZapotecQuechua Chanka Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 200 entries, 199 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © Quechua Chanka community. (2013). Dictionary produced by Judith Condori Gavilán, Gregory D. S. Anderson, K. David Harrison and Anna Luisa Daigneault (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to […]
dictionary • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Quechua Chanka • Swarthmore CollegeNasa yuwe Online Talking Dictionary
The initial recordings for this dictionary came from a Talking Dictionary Workshop taught by Dr. K. David Harrison as part of the 3rd annual “Festival de la Palabra” (Festival of Words) in honor of Colombia’s linguistic and cultural diversity, held at the Instituto Caro y Cuervo in Bogotá, Colombia, in […]
dictionary • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • Nasa yuwe • National Geographic Society • Paez • Swarthmore CollegeSan Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 666 entries, 665 audio files, and 1 images. All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities. (2013) Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: […]
dictionary • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Swarthmore College • ZapotecSantali online talking dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 413 entries, 413 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © Santali community. (2013) Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: 2013. Anderson, Gregory D.S. and […]
dictionary • India • indigenous language • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Santali • Swarthmore CollegeKharia Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/24/14, there are 445 entries, 445 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © K. David Harrison and Gregory D. S. Anderson. (2010-2012). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.
dictionary • India • indigenous language • Kharia • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Swarthmore CollegeIndigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons Learned
The contents of Indigenous Language Revitalization come from the 14th and 15th annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages conferences. Our subtitle, Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons Learned, comes from Darrell Kipp’s 2008 keynote address. We would like to thank Margaret Noori for making the 14th annual symposium “Working Together We Can Bring Back the […]
2009 • indigenous language • language | preservation • research • revitalizationSurvivance: An Indigenous Game for Change
Historical trauma caused by colonization has had generational effects on the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing of Indigenous communities. Survivance is a social media game for change that brings players through the Indigenous hero’s journey on a path to recovery through quests and acts of survivance. This paper briefly […]
2013 • gaming • hero's journey • indigenous communities • Oregon • Portland • serious games • social change • social media • survivanceTelling our Stories: Aboriginal young people in Victoria and Digital Storytelling
This project worked with Aboriginal youth under the age of 25 – an age group that forms the majority of the Aboriginal population in Victoria and is among the highest users of mobile phones, actively engaging in social media and other online platforms. With the advent of Web 2.0 technologies, Aboriginal […]
2014 • aboriginal • Australia • digital • digital storytelling • identity • mobile • Victoria • youthKera Mundari Online Talking Dictionary
As of 9/15/14, there are 446 entries, 446 audio files, and 0 images. All content copyright © Kera Mundari community. (2013) Dictionary produced by Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013). All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission. how to cite: 2013. Anderson, Gregory D.S. […]
dictionary • India • indigenous language • Kera Mundari • language | preservation • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • Swarthmore CollegeThe Kamusi Project: molecular lexicography and why they need your support now
Only a handful of the roughly-7,000 languages in the world have well-developed resources. This has the effect of excluding billions of people from modern opportunities for knowledge and prosperity. The Kamusi Project has developed an unparalleled system to gather and freely share all possible words in all possible languages. However, […]
dictionary • funding • kamusi • onlineHeliox: free software to assist indigenous access to computers
Excerpt Indigenous communities may benefit from new computer technology that allows them to access educational resources and the internet using their own language, says the software’s developer. The innovation comes from an international, interdisciplinary group that is currently working on using the technology to reduce the digital gap and help […]
2014 • Heliox • indigenous communities • indigenous language • Linux • localization • open source • softwarePantanî, an Indigenous digital storytelling blog
Pantanî – pronounced ‘pan-duh-nee’ – means “stories” in Makushi, the language of the indigenous peoples of the North Rupununi, Guyana. The beautiful Rupununi region has been the home of the Makushi tribes for many centuries. The region’s environment, its extensive savannahs, huge rivers and thick forests have shaped its inhabitant’s […]
bloggers • digital storytelling • Guyana • indigenous / traditional knowledge • Makushi • PantanîLanguage app: Diné Bizaad
Purpose The Diné Bizaad app is to use the World Wide Web as a repository to perpetuate Diné language communication and education. We do this with an inclusive ensemble of Diné language enthusiasts, who continuously add content shared from Diné communities and from their personal contributions into the Diné Bizaad […]
database • dictionary • Diné • language | preservation • language app • mobile • Native Innovation • participatoryPeople, Place and Community Memory: Creating Digital Heritage Databases in Remote Aboriginal Communities
In this paper I describe the Northern Territory Library’s, Libraries and Knowledge Centres program and examine some of the ways that digital technologies are being used to improve local access to archival materials in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. The development of community heritage databases gives some communities the opportunity toconstruct […]
2008 • aboriginal • archive • Australia • cultural heritage • digital collections • indigenous communities • libraries • library database • revitalizationUsing Modern Technologies to Capture and Share Indigenous Astronomical Knowledge
Indigenous Knowledge is important for Indigenous communities across the globe and for the advancement of our general scientific knowledge. In particular, Indigenous astronomical knowledge integrates many aspects of Indigenous Knowledge, including seasonal calendars, navigation, food economics, law, ceremony, and social structure. We aim to develop innovative ways of capturing, managing, […]
2014 • archive • astronomy • collaboration • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • knowledge management