Abstract As globalization and modernization come to bear on Ethiopia, cultural and linguistic survival increasing depends on the adaptation of technology to local needs. The pervasiveness of electronic communication technology is forcing societies world wide to face the challenge of cultural preservation with an immediacy never before seen. Societies that […]
2006 • culture | preservation • Ethiopia • ICTs • language | preservationThe Foundation for Indigenous ICT in Ethiopia
Abstract Ethiopia’s standards body, the Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia, has legalized the nation’s first character set standard. The highly anticipated standard, ES 781:2002, sets the foundation that future computer, software, and electronic communication standards of Ethiopia will be built upon. With “Ethiocode” now at hand, Ethiopia is braced […]
2004 • Ethiopia • ICTs • localization • orthography • UnicodeICTs, KM and Indigenous Knowledge: Implications to Livelihood of Communities in Ethiopia
Full Title: Information and Communication Technologies, Knowledge Management and Indigenous Knowledge: Implications to Livelihood of Communities in Ethiopia Introduction This brief paper discusses the role of information and communication technologies in gathering, storing and disseminating indigenous knowledge, the various community-based structures to be used in order to safeguard and transfer […]
2007 • culture | preservation • development • Ethiopia • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge management • knowledge systems