This case study examines the key design features and methodology required to develop a website that best reflects the culture of an Indigenous Australian community. The study also considers general issues related to the representation and capture of Indigenous knowledge. The Wollotuka project is grounded in previous contextual design work. […]
2012 • aboriginal • community • design • indigenous design • participatory • Torres Strait Islander • user-centered • Wollotuka InstituteLinguists call for TV to save Aboriginal languages
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1986 • aboriginal • Australia • language | preservation • television • Torres Strait IslanderMaking the Connection: Essays on Indigenous Digital Excellence
We all understand the power of being connected in the digital world, being on-line, with everything at our finger-tips. But what will it take to make the most of this opportunity when it comes to Indigenous Australia? This unique set of essays commissioned by the Telstra Foundation, shows how Aboriginal […]
2014 • aboriginal • Australia • digital divide • digital inclusion • Torres Strait IslanderSummit Addresses Indigenous Digital Divide in Australia
This post, written by Ethnos Curator Rachael Petersen, originally appeared on the Rising Voices website. Online heritage databases, an indigenous app to connect peoples worldwide, a network of recycled digital devices, and an Aboriginal digital social enterprise are just some of the responses to the focus of a recent summit […]
aboriginal • Australia • conference • design • ICT4D • indigenous • Torres Strait IslanderAustralian Indigenous Languages Database (AUSTLANG)
The AUSTLANG system assembles information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages from various sources. The core of AUSTLANG is the AUSTLANG database (online Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages database) which is linked to Google Maps. The system also facilitates access to other databases, PDF files and links to […]
aboriginal • database • indigenous language • language map • Torres Strait IslanderAra Irititja: Protecting the Past, Accessing the Future – Indigenous Memories in a Digital Age
On October 1, 2003 the Ara Irititja: Protecting the Past, Accessing the Future—Indigenous Memories in a Digital Age touring exhibition began its nearly year and a half in-country tour at the South Australian Museum (SAM) in Adelaide.Ara Irititja’s production began in 1994 as part of the Pitjantjatjara Council’s “Return of […]
2006 • Anangu • Ara Irititja • archive • Australia • culture | preservation • Pitjantjatjara • Torres Strait Islander • YankunytjatjaraICTs and Indigenous pedagogy: Techniques of resistance in chat rooms
Abstract This paper draws upon the ideas and scholarship encapsulated by a core unit at QUT in Indigenous Education. This unit was developed and written by Indigenous staff in the university’s Oodgeroo Unit and taken up for delivery for the first time in 2003. Staff in Teaching and Learning Support […]
2005 • aboriginal • community resistance • education • impact of | ICTs • Torres Strait IslanderTime Machine 1986: Linguists call for TV to save Aboriginal languages
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1986 • Australia • indigenous language • language | preservation • television • Torres Strait IslanderBlacktracker
Blacktracker: GPS-based Smartphone app for Indigenous Heritage Have you ever wondered about the traditional owners of the land you’re on? And not known where to find out about their cultures and traditions? As the ‘Indigenous Heritage and Education’ working group at the Heywire Regional Youth Summit, our aim was to create […]
2012 • aboriginal • Australia • cultural heritage • education • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous language • smart phone • Torres Strait Islander • youthBlacktracker: GPS-based Smartphone app for Indigenous Heritage
In February 2012, 35 youth from regional Australia set out to improve regional Australia for young people at the Heywire Regional Youth Summit in Canberra. Nine groups were formed, with the aim to have a specific issue addressed. The Indigenous Heritage and Education group members are Lance Ashley from Hodgson […]
2012 • aboriginal • Australia • cultural heritage • education • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous language • Torres Strait Islander • youthAccess and Control of Indigenous Knowledge in Libraries and Archives: Ownership & Future Use
Abstract Last year, a friend of mine from a remote community in Arnhem Land, in northern Australia, came down to Canberra to look through various collections that pertained to his community and his clan, the Gupapyngu people. (The trip takes a day and a half by plane.) This material had […]
2005 • aboriginal • AIATSIS • Arnhem Land • Australia • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • library database • Torres Strait IslanderIndigenous Knowledge Management: Software Tools, Rights Markup Extensions, and the Role of ICTs
This post is a Jane Hunter trifecta. Dr. Hunter is currently a Professorial Research Fellow & Leader of the eResearch Lab at The University of Queensland’s School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. Software Tools for Indigenous Knowledge Management (2002) Read the paper Rights Markup Extensions for the Protection of […]
2002 • 2006 • application • Australia • cultural heritage • culture | preservation • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • knowledge management • misappropriation • open source • Torres Strait Islander • western cultureAra Irititja: Stories from a Long Time Ago
Welcome to Ara Irititja From the Ara Irititja website: “Ara Irititja means ‘stories from a long time ago’ in the language of Anangu (Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people) of Central Australia. The aim of Ara Irititja is to bring back home materials of cultural and historical significance to Anangu. These include […]
Anangu • Ara Irititja • archive • Australia • culture | preservation • Pitjantjatjara • Torres Strait Islander • Yankunytjatjara