Information Technology And Indigenous People

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Pub. Date: 8/31/2006
Publisher(s): Igi Global
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Summary

Indigenous people around the world are becoming more interested in information technology because they see it as a way to preserve their traditional cultures for future generations as well as a way to provide their communities with economic and social renewal. However, the cost of the new technologies, geographic isolation, and a lack of computer literacy have made it difficult for indigenous people to adopt IT.

Table of Contents

Preface x
Section I: Indigenous People and Information Technology: Issues and Perspectives
Portals and Potlach
1(13)
Carol Leclair
Sandi Warren
Indigenous Peoples and the Cultural Construction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Latin America
14(13)
Juan Francisco Salazar
Indigenous Knowledges and Worldview: Representations and the Internet
27(3)
Judy Iseke-Barnes
Deborah Danard
Kaitiakitanga and Health Informatics: Introducing Useful Indigenous Concepts of Governance in the Health Sector
30(35)
Robyn Kamira
Case Study I ICTs for Intercultural Dialogue (ICT4ID)
52(3)
Victor Giner Minana
Case Study II ICT and the Orang Asli in Malaysia
55(3)
Pauline Hui Ying Ooi
Case Study III My Life with Computers on a Remote Island
58(3)
Bethalia Gaidan
Case Study IV How Computers Came into My Life
61(4)
Margaret Mau
Section II: Technology in Education
Developing Culturally Inclusive Educational Multimedia in the South Pacific
65(15)
Christopher Robbins
Learning to Internet Bank
80(13)
Fiona Brady
Can Information Communication Technological Tools be Used to Suit Aboriginal Learning Pedagogies?
93(12)
Michael Donovan
Instructional Design and Technology Implications for Indigenous Knowledge: Africa's Introspective
105(41)
Wanjira Kinuthia
Case Study V Computer Technology and Native Literacy in the Amazon Rain Forrest
117(3)
Gale Goodwin Gomez
Case Study VI Toi Whakoranga: Maori and Learning Technology
120(3)
Terry Neal
Andrea Barr
Te Arani Barrett
Kathie Irwin
Case Study VII Multimedia Curriculum Development Based on the Oral Tradition
123(3)
Ella Inglebret
Susan Rae Banks
D. Michael Pavel
Rhonda Friedlander
Mary Loy Stone
Case Study VIII The Indigenous Pre-IT Program
126(6)
Stephen Grant
Max Hendriks
Laurel Evelyn Dyson
Case Study IX Problem-Based Online Learning and Indigenous Tertiary Education: Reflections on Implementation
132(5)
Rosemary Foster
Michael Meehan
Case Study X Student Technology Projects in a Remote First Nations Village
137(4)
Tish Scott
Case Study XI Draw-Talk-Write: Experiences and Learning with Indigenous Australians that are Driving the Evolution of Word Recognition Technology
141(5)
Russell Gluck
John Fulcher
Section III: Cultural Preservation and Revitalisation
Ara Irititja: Towards Culturally Appropriate IT Best Practice in Remote Indigenous Australia
146(13)
Martin Hughes
John Dallwitz
Digital Songlines: Digitising the Arts, Culture and Heritage Landscape of Aborignal Australia
159(16)
Brett Leavy
Case Study XII The Use of Information and Communication Technology for the Preservation of Aboriginal Culture: The Badimaya People of Western Australia
170(5)
Katina Michael
Leone Dunn
Indigenous Language Usage in a Bilingual Interface: Transaction Log Analysis of the Niupepa Web Site
175(35)
Te Taka Keegan
Sally Jo Cunningham
Mark Apperley
Case Study XIII Language, Identity, and Community Control: The Tagish First Voices Project
189(3)
Kate Hennessy
Patrick J. Moore
Case Study XIV Towards an Indigenous Language Knowledge Base: Tools and Techniques from the Arwarbukarl Community
192(5)
Daryn McKenny
Baden Hughes
Alex Arposio
Case Study XV Ndjebbana Talking Books: A Technological Transformation to Fit Kunibidji Social Practice
197(3)
Glenn Auld
Case Study XVI A Talking Dictionary of Paakantyi
200(5)
David Nathan
Case Study XVII Building the Dena'ina Language Alaska Archive
205(5)
Gary Holton
Andrea Berez
Sadie Williams
Section IV: Applications Transforming Communities
Ethnocomputing with Native American Design
210(10)
Ron Eglash
Cut from the Same Cloth: The United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Geographic Information Systems, and Cultural Assimilation
220(12)
Mark H. Palmer
Representations of Tribal Boundaries of Australian Indigenous Peoples and the Implications for Geographic Information Systems
232(13)
Andrew Turk
E-Communiy-Based Tourism for Asia's Indigenous People
245(27)
Roger W. Harris
Doug Vogel
Lars H. Bestle
Case Study XVIII Computerised Tests of Brain Function for Use with Indigenous People
257(3)
Sheree Cairney
Paul Maruff
Case Study XIX Alliance Project: Digital Kinship Database and Genealogy
260(6)
Shigenobu Sugito
Sachiko Kubota
Case Study XX Agreements Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Database
266(6)
Marcia Langton
Odette Mazel
Lisa Palmer
Section V: Linking Communities and Improving Access
The Diffusion of New Technologies: Community Online Access Centres in Indigenous Communities in Australia
272(14)
Anne Daly
Wireless Applications in Africa
286(28)
Laurel Evelyn Dyson
Case Study XXI UHF-Based Community Voice Service in Ngannyatjarra Lands of Australia
295(3)
Mehran Abolhasan
Paul Boustead
Case Study XXII Cape York Digital Network
298(4)
Alopi Latukefu
Case Study XXIII Redfern Kids Connect
302(3)
Ryan Sengara
Case Study XXIV Community Computing and Literacy in Pascua Yaqui Pueblo
305(5)
J. David Betts
Case Study XXV Reunification of the Wendat/Wyandotte Nation at a Time of Globalization
310(4)
Linda Sioui
Epilogue Future Directions 314(2)
Laurel Evelyn Dyson
Max Hendriks
Stephen Grant
Glossary 316(7)
About the Authors 323(17)
Index 340

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