The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages is an open access, online repository comprising digital versions of language materials produced in Literature Production Centres, language centres and other sources in Indigenous languages of the Northern Territory. The archive is continually expanding, and people are encouraged to engage with these materials. There […]
aboriginal • archive • Australia • digital collections • indigenous language • language | preservation • language mapLiving Archive of Aboriginal Languages: a digital archive of endangered Indigenous literature
Note: I just added this to the Resources Database, but felt that it should also be featured here in the blog. About the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages is an open access, online repository comprising digital versions of language materials produced in Literature Production […]
Connecting Communities & the Environment through Media: …Along Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways
With the proliferation of global information and communications technologies (ICT), the concept of community no longer has geographical limitations. Yet, from ecological and social perspectives, connecting people and communities to their immediate environment is now more urgent than ever. In this paper we show how an Indigenous led initiative reaches […]
2009 • community media • digital • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communitiesIntegrating cultural factors in user-interface design: the case of the Nasa Colombian native people
The research context of this thesis is the inter-cultural development of computer tools. The thesis considers as case study the Nasa people, a Colombian native society, which preserves different traditions and cultural particularities. The research questioning emerges from the sociocultural differences between a rural society, such as the Nasa, and […]
2013 • Colombia • culture • design • indigenous design • localization • NasaTowards appropriate user interface design preserving rural African communication practices
This mini-thesis examines different socio-cultural norms and communication behaviours of indigenous communities. In spite of existing Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructural challenges, the software solutions that have been designed for rural communities have been a major concern. In this thesis, qualitative methodologies were used with deliberate sampling of two village […]
2013 • communication • gesture • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • knowledge management • knowledge systems • orality • user interface