From The Daily News (Kamloops): Nintendo scores for native language “With as few as 150 fluent Secwepemctsin speakers remaining, most of them over age 65, the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society has come up with software for preserving the language. Nintendo DSi software that teaches Secwepemctsin to young children is in […]
aboriginal • application • education • FirstVoices • language | preservation • Nintendo • revitalization • Secwepemctsin • tablet / iPadFirstVoices Chat App enables Indigenous language speakers to text in their own language
FirstVoices Chat From the First Peoples’ Cultural Council press release (in full below): Brentwood Bay, B.C. – FirstVoices Chat, an Indigenous language texting app for Facebook Chat and Google Talk, is now available at the Apple App Store as a free download for iPad, iTouch and iPhone. The app contains […]
aboriginal • application • cultural heritage • First Nations • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • revitalization • smart phone • tablet / iPad • youthThe Herero people of Erindiroukambe: using tablet PCs to preserve indigenous knowledge
“Tablet PCs preserve indigenous knowledge” by Niall Firth, published 18 June 2012 in New Scientist Magazine issue 2869. Tablet computers could help villagers in the Kalahari desert preserve cultural knowledge and traditional techniques for future generations The Herero people know just what to do when a horse is too wild […]
2012 • 3D • culture | preservation • Herero • indigenous / traditional knowledge • Namibia • tablet / iPad • visualization