The ICTD project has generated a store of knowledge during implementation. These knowledge artefacts are available for wider dissemination for the benefit of civil society and government organisations. We thank UNDP, DIT and our partner organisations for contributing to this rich store of knowledge.
ICT4D • knowledge • knowledge sharing / exchange • UNDPTalking Book
When powered on, the localized verbal instructions lead users through the audio user interface. To access recordings, users are guided by audio prompts and respond with key presses. For instance, pressing the right and left arrows navigate through categories (for example, “health”, “agriculture”, “stories”) and once in a category, the […]
education • information literacy • knowledge • talking bookAboriginal Knowledge on the Internet
Aboriginal people have traditional ways of understanding knowledge: what it is like, where it comes from, how people make it, how it is remembered, celebrated, and made new, how knowledge belongs to people, and how secret and sacred knowledges relate to public knowledge. At the same time, Aboriginal people in […]
2005 • aboriginal • indigenous / traditional knowledge • Internet use • knowledgeIndigenous Digital Collections
An article by Nicholas Nakata (2007) Abstract The intersection of public institutions managing large amounts of information and knowledge and new information and communication technologies has brought forward exciting and innovative changes to the ways information and knowledge have been traditionally managed. This paper provides a brief snapshot of some […]
2007 • Australia • digital collections • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledgeThe Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation
An international conference 26-28 September 2012, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada From the UNESCO website: UNESCO proposes to organize an international conference from 26 to 28 September 2012 in Vancouver (BC) Canada, to explore the main issues affecting the preservation of digital documentary heritage, in order to develop strategies that will […]
2012 • conference • cultural heritage • culture | preservation • development • digital humanities • knowledge • UNESCOAligning needs and means: On culture, ICT and knowledge in development cooperation
Abstract This paper takes an interdisciplinary view on the societal role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The applied research case discussed in building a global online community of practice for people working on community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). The purpose is to point to some limitations connected with culture […]
2001 • culture • development • ICTs • knowledge • knowledge managementTechnology, Education and Indigenous Peoples: the case of Maori
Introduction Technology was introduced, as a formal ‘subject’, into New Zealand’s compulsory education curriculum in 1993, as part of the ‘stunning’ changes which commenced at all levels in 1988. The government’s latest paper ‘Bright future: five steps ahead’ (New Zealand Government, 1999) suggests that we are about to enter, without […]
2000 • Aotearoa • education • knowledge • Māori • New ZealandExpanding the Knowledge Base: Managing Extended Knowledge at the National Museum of the American Indian
Abstract A Native American basketmaker was hired to teach a college class in Indian crafts. Each day she began and ended her class by having her students sing songs she had taught them, until some of the students began to complain that they would never learn basket making at that […]
2005 • knowledge • museum • Native American • representation