Abstract: It is a fact that states and international organizations are trying to protect and promote intangible cultural heritage. According to UNESCO intangible cultural heritage includes traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants. Folk dances are an important part of our intangible cultural […]
2018 • cultural heritage • digitization • folk dances • intangible • metadata • TerpsichoreThe Language of Cataloguing: Deconstructing and Decolonizing Systems of Organization in Libraries
This paper analyzes the language of cataloguing because the information that librarians and other information professionals provide to others has a huge impact both on how others are viewed and how others view themselves. This ultimately comes down to the way in which words are given meaning and interpreted according […]
2018 • decolonization • information system • libraries • library database • marginalized • representationDeterminants of Indigenous Student Learning with Digital Technology: A Qualitative Study
Full Title: Determinants of Indigenous Student Learning with Digital Technology: A Qualitative Study in a Remote Manitoba First Nations Community Abstract The goal of this qualitative study was to identify the determinants that assist remote postsecondary Indigenous Canadian learners (in an isolated fly-in only community) to adapt and orient themselves […]
2018 • aboriginal • adult learners • Canada • Cree • digital tools • education • First Nations • indigenous communities • Manitoba • pedagogy • technology