This case study examines the key design features and methodology required to develop a website that best reflects the culture of an Indigenous Australian community. The study also considers general issues related to the representation and capture of Indigenous knowledge. The Wollotuka project is grounded in previous contextual design work. […]
2012 • aboriginal • community • design • indigenous design • participatory • Torres Strait Islander • user-centered • Wollotuka InstituteAdinkra Mathematics: A Study of Ethnocomputing in Ghana
This paper details the development and evaluation of software that allows middle school students to explore the mathematical aspects of Ghanaian Adinkra symbols. We tested the effectiveness of this simulation in a Ghanaian junior high school by conducting a randomized quasi-experiment. We begin this paper by framing culturally responsive math […]
2015 • Adinkra • CSDT • design • education • ethnomathematics • Ghana • mathematics • situated • software • youthAboriginal Territories in Cyberspace: Empowering First Nations with New Media Technologies (AbTeC)
AbTeC is a network of academics, artists and technologists whose goal is to define and share conceptual and practical tools that will allow us to create new, Aboriginally-determined territories within the web-pages, online games, and virtual environments that we call cyberspace. Our multi-faceted effort will include a storytelling series, an […]
aboriginal • AbTeC • artists • cultural heritage • digital storytelling • empower • gaming • indigenous scholars • technology • video gameLeveraging ICT and Indigenous Knowledge in the Nigerian Flea Market Business
This study is an exploratory investigation of the role of ICT and indigenous knowledge in the relative success of “Flea” Market vendors in Nigeria in spite of the close proximity that bites into their pricing and patronage. Observation and interviews techniques were used to elicit information from vendors selected through […]
2014 • Abeokuta • competition • conflict resolution • flea market • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • Kampala • mobile • Nigeria • tradeInternational Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICHCAP)
ICHCAP’s main role is to strengthen ‘Information and Networking’ in the framework of the 2003 UNESCO Convention. In light of this, we support activities directed toward the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage among the 48 Member States of the Asia-Pacific region with a primary function of disseminating information and building […]
Asia-Pacific • cultural heritage • culture | preservation • ICHCAP • intangible • safeguard • UNESCOInformation & Networking for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) may not be palpable, yet it is broad reaching while spanning cultures and has been handed down throughout the history of humankind. It is also the living heritage that represents diverse cultural expressions and has been the mainspring of community identity and community spirit throughout humanity. […]
2009 • Asia • Asia-Pacific • conference • cultural heritage • ICHCAP • intangible • Korea • safeguard • UNESCOSerious Games design: reflections from an experience in the field of Intangible Cultural Heritage education
[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 GenerationsIndigenous Australians and ICTs (blog post)
Blurb: “I think I have witnessed both the empowering and disempowering aspects of ICTs enough to have developed a significant amount of skepticism toward the technology and especially the unnerving tendency of people to use it to amplify our pre-existing conditions rather than solve any problems. I guess I am […]
2012 • Australia • colonization / colonialism • culture • ICTs • indigenous communities • skepticism • western valuesEthnologue (18th edition)
Ethnologue 18th edition released on International Mother Language Day In commemoration of International Mother Language Day (February 21), SIL International released the 18th edition of the Ethnologue (www.ethnologue.com). This edition is the result of more than 12,000 individual changes to the Ethnologue database affecting 4,447 of the languages listed. The […]
2015 • database • endangered language • Ethnologue • indigenous language • language map • minority languagei-Treasures
i-Treasures (Intangible Treasures – Capturing the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Learning the Rare Know-How of Living Human Treasures FP7-ICT-2011-9-600676-i-Treasures) is an Integrated Project (IP) of the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme ‘ICT for Access to Cultural Resources’. The project started on February 1, 2013, and will last 48 months. Cultural […]
cultural heritage • culture | preservation • digital preservation • i-Treasures • intangible • knowledge sharing / exchangeThe Wireless Prophet and the Connected Village: A Study of Information and Communication Technology in Nangi
Mahabir Pun’s Wireless Nepal Project is an NGO founded in Nangi that is attempting to bring wireless Internet connections and information and communication technology infrastructures to all the villages in Nepal. Ten years in, the project has expanded to over 150 mountain villages and it continues to grow. Mahabir’s own […]
2014 • development • ICTs • Nangi • Nepal • village • Wireless Nepal ProjectLanguage documentation and division: Bridging the digital divide
Contemporary language documentation workflow is a largely digital process. While this has had many benefits for how linguists undertake language documentation projects, it has also lead to a disparity between how the process is conceptualised by academic researchers, and how it is conceptualised by the speakers of endangered languages. In […]
2015 • Aikuma • digital divide • documenting • language | preservation • Nepal • smart phoneSharingStories Foundation: innovation through technology & cultural understanding via oral traditions
About SharingStories Foundation From the organization’s website: SharingStories Foundation (SSF) works with multiple art forms, in dynamic relationship with stories, creating multi-media outcomes. The Foundation supports Indigenous communities to hold, share and transmit languages, stories and culture for present and future generations. We also work with communities to promote a […]
Australia • digital storytelling • indigenous communities • storytellingCommunity Digital Story Project: George Community Needs
This study details a Digital Story Community Project undertaken by the Centre for Innovative Education and Communication Technologies of the University of the Western Cape, which took place in George (South Africa) in November 2014. The aim was to explore, via digital stories, the authentic needs of vulnerable community sectors […]
2015 • community • community media • development • digital inclusion • digital storytelling • South AfricaCreating Digital Heritage content: bridging communities and mediating perspectives
In this paper we focus our attention on an often overlooked aspect of digital heritage content, namely by whom how, and with what purpose such content is created. We evaluate digital materials that are anthropological and archaeological in nature, both digitized archives and newly created materials. In our work and […]
2010 • archive • cross-cultural • digital heritage • knowledge sharing / exchange • knowledge systems • representationNew Interaction Tools for Preserving an Old Language
The Penan people of Malaysian Borneo were traditionally nomads of the rainforest. They would leave messages in the jungle for each other by shaping natural objects into language tokens and arranging these symbols in specific ways – much like words in a sentence. With settlement, the language is being lost […]
Borneo • knowledge sharing / exchange • language | preservation • Malaysia • object writing • Penan • symbols • tangible system