This thesis examines contemporary constructions of collective indigenous identity. It specifically focuses on the offline and online interactions among the members of Bibaknets, an online community for indigenous peoples from the highlands of the Cordillera Region, Philippines. The study explores the relational and positional nature of collective indigenous identity as […]
2013 • Bibaknets • Cordillera • empower • identity • indigenous • indigenous communities • indigenous technology • marginalized • PhilippinesThe Power of Play: An interview with Pinnguaq founder Ryan Oliver
This interview originally appeared on Rachael Petersen’s blog, Global Native Networks. Pinnguaq is a software localization initiative based in beautiful Pangnirtung, Nunavut in Canada’s high Eastern Arctic. In June 2013, they released an Inuktitut-language version of the best-selling iPad game, Osmos. To do this, they engaged Inuit across the territory to complete […]
Canada • crowd-sourcing • gaming • indigenous technology • Internet use • Inuit • localization • translationIndigenous Tech and Media News Roundup: June
Every month Ethnos Project team member Rachael Petersen publishes a roundup of indigenous technology and media articles in the news at her blog Global Native Networks. Below are the June highlights NORTH/SOUTH/CENTRAL AMERICA The BBC profiles virtual activism for the indigenous tribes of Brazil, particularly powerful in light of injustices such as the […]
community media • impact of | ICTs • indigenous communities • indigenous technologyIndigenous technology design and its challenges
Christopher Hoadley, Educational Communications and Technology program at New York University … speaking at The Berkman Center Luncheon Series, a weekly series of informal luncheons and other meetings, providing students, fellows, faculty, and anyone who reserves a seat opportunities to discuss issues relevant to their work and to engage other […]
2011 • Berkman Center • design • development • indigenous design • indigenous technologyIndigenous technology and culture in the technology curriculum
Abstract Since the collapse of apartheid and the first democratic elections of 1994, education in South Africa has undergone fundamental transformation and part of this transformation was the reconstruction of the school curriculum. The new curriculum, known as Curriculum 2005 and developed in 1997, introduced Technology as a new learning […]
2010 • culture • education • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous technology • South Africa