This paper describes how certain types of electronic technologies, specifically CD-ROMs, computerized databases, and telecommunications networks, are being incorporated into language and culture revitalization projects in Alaska and around the Pacific. The paper presents two examples of CD-ROMs and computerized databases from Alaska, describing how one elementary school produced a […]
2003 • Alaska • CD-ROM • database • indigenous language • network • revitalization • technology • Tlingit • Yup'ikSaving a Language with Computers, Tape Recorders, and Radio
In California, efforts to save indigenous languages have a century long history. The use of technology in ever-new ways is a part of that history. The earliest technology to encounter an indigenous language was the wax cylinder. This instrument was used for recording the sounds of the languages from native […]
2003 • Hupa • indigenous language • Karuk • Kumeyaay • new media • social media • technologyA Dialogue on ICTs and Poverty: The Documentary
In September 2003, thirty experts from around the world gathered at Harvard University to discuss how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can help reduce poverty. At this “Harvard Forum,” academics, development specialists, and Nobel Prize-winning economists exchanged experiences and ideas on the present and future of ICTs in development. This […]
2003 • development • documentary • ICT4D • ICTs • IDRC • poverty reductionWade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures
From ted.com: With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world’s indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. A National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, he has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender […]
2003 • endangered language • ethnosphere • indigenous language • language | preservation • TED.comOur Side of the Divide: African Perspectives on Information and Communication Technologies
Introduction This booklet is part of a broad strategy called ‘Speaking for Ourselves’. It recognises, that while the African perspective on the digital divide is underrepresented in the context of the World Summit on the Information Society, the people most directly affected by the digital divide have the best ideas, […]
2003 • Africa • development • digital divide • impact of | ICTs • information society • WSISOther side of the divide: Latin-American and Caribbean Perspectives on the WSIS
Introduction The process generated around the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is an opportunity to present to the world the contributions that from Latin America and the Caribbean have been made in this respect. Diverse actors of this region of the planet have worked and work today in […]
2003 • Caribbean • development • digital divide • impact of | ICTs • information society • knowledge tradition • Latin America • poverty reduction • WSISIKRMNA: Making Collective Memories with Computers
This post contains abstracts and links to a selection of papers written about Indigenous Knowledge and Resource Management in Northern Australia (IKRMNA). From their website: IKRMNA was a three year 2003-2006 ARC Linkage Project to support and develop Indigenous databases that maintain and enhance the strength of local languages, cultures […]
2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • aboriginal • archive • Australia • database • design • IKRMNA • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge systems • representation • TAMI • YolnguIndigenous Knowledge & Resource Management in Northern Australia (IKRMNA)
Indigenous Knowledge and Resource Management in Northern Australia (IKRMNA) was a three year 2003-2006 ARC Linkage Project to support and develop Indigenous databases that maintain and enhance the strength of local languages, cultures and environments in Northern Australia. The project was coordinated through the School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems […]
2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • aboriginal • archive • Australia • database • design • IKRMNA • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge systems • representation • TAMI • Yolngu