[Pre-print version] This paper tackles the issue of Serious Games design by drawing on the experience conducted in the framework of the i-Treasures project, which deals with the preservation and transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). In i-Treasures a collection of Serious Games has been developed addressing four relevant ICH […]
2015 • collaboration • cultural heritage • i-Treasures • intangible • pedagogy • serious gamesConstructing Sustainable Digital Learning Environments for Remote Rural Children of Sarawak
In the late 70s, a US television program for children called the Big Blue Marble aired on a Malaysian local television channel and it provided children in the country the opportunity to learn about the lives and activities of children from other parts of the world. There was also a […]
2015 • education • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • Internet use • Malaysia • remote • Sarawak • youthA critical understanding of adult learning, education & training using ICTs in remote First Nations
Through a critical settler colonialism lens we explore how information and communication technologies (ICT) supports learning, education and training and First Nation control of these processes in remote communities. The central theme of the current study is that decolonization is about land and creating the conditions necessary so Indigenous peoples […]
2014 • Canada • decolonization • First Nations • ICTs • indigenous communities • Keewaytinook Okimakanak • remote regionsExploring Social Media as Channels for Sustaining African Culture
Social media are becoming significant channels for information dissemination and communication around the world today. Internet and social media users run into hundred thousands daily; with young people constituting a large percentage. With the internet technology, social media, which consists of YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, MySpace, have made the communication […]
2015 • Africa • communication • culture • internet • social media • western valuesReviving extinct languages the mobile way
Excerpt from source: Sunkanmi Olaleye – a master’s student in computer science – is investigating how novel mobile technology can interface with African digital heritage documents as a way of preserving the extinct |Xam language. “So many languages in Africa are becoming extinct. There’s this craving for English, at the […]
|Xam • 2015 • Africa • digital heritage • language | preservation • mobile • revitalization • South Africa • UnicodeReviving an Indigenous rainforest sign language: Digital Oroo’ Adventure Game
The extinction of indigenous languages, which convey cultural worldviews, remains a continued threat to cultural heritage preservation. The nomadic Penans in the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo, have developed Oroo’, their own forest sign language, to communicate with each other. Yet with recent developments the younger generations are drawn more to […]
2015 • Borneo • gaming • language | preservation • Long Lamai • Malaysia • Oroo' • Penan • sign languageGathering to Connect Indigenous Language Digital Activists in Colombia
Colombia is linguistically diverse with more than 60 indigenous languages spoken by approximately 1 million people across the country. These living languages contain rich cultural traditions and knowledge passed down from generation to generation. Many indigenous communities face unique challenges as they seek to ensure that the next generation maintains […]
Colombia • Digital activitism • indigenous languageIndigenous Knowledge Management in the Kelabit community in E. Malaysia: insights & reflections for contemporary KM design
Knowledge audits and assessment help organisations to identify the status of knowledge processes and develop strategies to manage their knowledge-based assets. The structure of Indigenous Knowledge Management Systems (IKMS) is different from the organisation’s Knowledge Management (KM) systems and mainly based on the tacit and implicit knowledge forms. Hence, the […]
2013 • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • Kelabit • knowledge management • knowledge systems • Malaysia • SarawakFamily Communication Technology Design in Rural and Low Income Parts of Kenya
This dissertation focuses on understanding how families communicate over distance when using technology in Kenya, and how we should think about designing technology to support family communication over distance between rural and urban settings of the country. It is divided in two parts with first part exploring family communication practices […]
2015 • communication • digital divide • families • Kenya • rural • TumaPicha • urbanUsing Digital Storytelling to Capture Responses to the Apology
Abstract This article discusses a pilot project that adapted the methods of digital storytelling and oral history to capture a range of personal responses to the official Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples delivered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13 February 2008. The project was an initiative of State Library […]
2009 • apology • Australia • community media • digital storytelling • indigenous communities • oral • oral history • Stolen Generations