For millennia, indigenous peoples have transferred knowledge to younger generations and amongst each other in a number of ways. In this chapter, the authors draw on their collective experience to discuss the dialogue and approaches that have emerged when using information and communications technologies (ICT) to represent indigenous knowledge (IK) […]
2016 • Arctic • cultural protocols • culture | preservation • ELOKA • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • researchTechnology and Language Revitalization: A Conspectus
Increasingly the world’s indigenous people are recognizing the value of using digital environments in the battle against the extinction of their languages and cultures (Hermes & King 2013). Likewise as indigenous languages become increasingly visible on the internet, perceptions of them as antiquated, irrelevant or anachronistic in the Information Age are […]
Africa • Arctic • Asia • Central America • Europe • First Nations • indigenous language • language and technology • language documentation • language learning • Middle East • North America • Pacific • revitalization • South America • virtual classroom