MISSION IsumaTV is an independent online interactive network of Inuit and Indigenous multimedia. IsumaTV uses the power and immediacy of the Web to bring people together to tell stories and support change. Our tools enable Indigenous people to express reality in their own voices: views of the past, anxieties about […]
community media • indigenous aesthetics • Inuit • IsumaTV • multimedia • storytelling • videoBamboo DiRT: Digital Research Tools
Bamboo DiRT is a tool, service, and collection registry of digital research tools for scholarly use. Developed by Project Bamboo, Bamboo DiRT makes it easy for digital humanists and others conducting digital research to find and compare resources ranging from content management systems to music OCR, statistical analysis packages to […]
content management system • digital tools • researchEthnos Project Report
Daily “newspaper” comprised of Ethnos Project Twitter hashtags and keywords of interest. Categories include education, environment, business, society, technology, and mobile.
appropriate technology • cultural heritage • development • education • ICT4DFour Directions Teachings
About Four Directions Teachings From the Four Directions website: The goal for the project was to create an engaging site where people could experience Indigenous knowledge and philosophy and where educators could incorporate the site into their curriculum. FourDirectionsTeachings.com honors oral traditions by creating an environment where visitors are encouraged […]
Blackfoot • Cree • education • First Nations • Haudenosaunee • indigenous / traditional knowledge • Mi'kmaq • Mohawk • Ojibwe / Ojibway • oral traditionLiving Tongues Endangered Language Resources
The folks at Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages have put together a fine list of language archives and online resources dealing with endangered languages. Here is the intro from their website: “People often approach us seeking information about the world’s most endangered languages. Students ask us, “I want to […]
endangered language • language | preservation • Living Tongues InstituteConnect a School, Connect a Community: Toolkit of Best Practices and Policy Advice
About Connect a School, Connect a Community From the connectaschool.org website: “Connecting all primary, secondary and post-secondary schools to ICTs by 2015 was one of the targets set by world leaders at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Connect a School, Connect a Community is a public-private partnership […]
development • education • gender • ICT4D • ICTs • indigenous communities • Internet use • toolkit • youthThe Indigenous Languages and Technology (ILAT) Listserv
About the ILAT discussion list The Indigenous Languages and Technology (ILAT) discussion list is an open forum for community language specialists, linguists, scholars, and students to discuss issues relating to the uses of technology in language revitalization efforts. A list of links to the ILAT archives is presented at right […]
archive • indigenous language • language | preservation • listserv • revitalization • Rising VoicesMāori Maps: Gateway to Māori world of Marae
“Māori Maps is a gateway to the Māori world of marae. It aims to take visitors to the gateway of marae around Aotearoa/New Zealand; beyond that point, visitors can make their own interactions with the marae community. Māori Maps assembles information about all the traditional, tribal marae. It does not include […]
ancestors • Aotearoa • culture • Māori • mapping • marae • New Zealand • youth