From the PBS website… How can the modern study of global change benefit from ancient knowledge? Special correspondent John Larson reports on the new ways indigenous communities around the world are connecting with one another to share observations and sustain their native cultures. Excerpt from the transcript JOHN LARSON: When […]
2014 • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge sharing / exchange • National Geographic Society • western knowledgeThe Role of ICTs in Indigenous Knowledge Preservation
Full Title: The Role of Information and Communications Technologies in Indigenous Knowledge Preservation Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and digital technologies are omnipresent in the global information society. With the digitalisation of knowledge, including indigenous knowledge (IK), ICT‟s are offering alternative perspectives of knowledge. IK is intricate knowledge acquired over […]
culture | preservation • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • information society • western knowledgeReturn: The Photographic Archive and Technologies of Indigenous Memory
Abstract This paper considers the intersection of Aboriginal traditions surrounding photography and the use of new technologies as both a research tool and a community resource. Over recent decades Australian cultural institutions have radically altered their management of photographic archives in response to changing political and intellectual circumstances – especially […]
2010 • aboriginal • archive • Arnhem Land • Australia • cultural protocols • intellectual property • photographs • repatriation • representation • western knowledgeTrust and Technology: building an archival system for Indigenous oral memory
An excerpt from the Final Report of the Trust & Technology Project (2004-2006) Project Outline: The Trust & Technology (T&T) Project is an ARC Linkage project, with a partnership between Caulfield School of Information Technology, Monash University, Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University, the Public Record Office of Victoria, […]
2006 • archive • Australia • culture | preservation • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • knowledge systems • Koorie • oral tradition • research • western knowledgeUsing ICTs for Indigenous Cultural Preservation: Challenges and Strategies
As Indigenous communities endeavor to maintain their traditional ways of knowing, many are turning to information and communications technologies (ICTs) to sustain and stimulate their Indigenous knowledge traditions ([1],[2],[3]). They are using analog and digital video and audio recording devices, as well as a constellation of computer, mobile, and Internet-related […]
2009 • challenges • culture | preservation • design • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge tradition • obsolescence • revitalization • smart phone • western knowledgeICT4D: Seeking the spaces inbetween
Introduction There is a story from the Turkish tradition about Nasruddin Hodja who at the time was serving as the kadi of Aksehir. Two men came to visit seeking resolution in a dispute. After listening to the plaintiff, Hodja said, “You are right!” He then listened to the defendant. After […]
2009 • challenges • colonization / colonialism • development • ICT4D • indigenous / traditional knowledge • modernity • western knowledge