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Information technology and indigenous people

Dyson, Laurel Evelyn, 1952- (Added Author). Hendriks, Max A. N. (Added Author). Grant, Stephen, 1965- (Added Author).

Summary: "This book provides theoretical and empirical information related to the planning and execution of IT projects aimed at serving indigenous people. It explores cultural concerns with IT implementation, including language issues & questions of cultural appropriateness"--Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781599042992
  • ISBN: 9781599042985
  • ISBN: 9781599043005 (ebook : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1599042983 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1599042991 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1599043009 (ebook : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    xxii, 346 p. : ill ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: Hershey, PA : Information Science Pub. (an imprint of Idea Group Inc.), c2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Sect. I. Indigenous people and information technology : issues and perspectives -- Ch. I. Portals and potlach / Carol Leclair and Sandi Warren -- Ch. II. Indigenous peoples and the cultural construction of information and communication technology (ICT) in Latin America / Juan Francisco Salazar -- Ch. III. Indigenous knowledges and worldview : representations and the Internet / Judy Iseke-Barnes and Deborah Danard -- Ch. IV. Kaitiakitanga and health informatics : introducing useful indigenous concepts of governance in the health sector / Robyn Kamira -- Case Study I. ICTs for intercultural dialogue (ICT4ID) / Victor Giner Minana -- Case Study II. ICT and the Orang Asli in Malaysia / Pauline Hui Ying Ooi -- Case Study III. My life with computers on a remote island / Bethalia Gaidan -- Case Study IV. How computers came into my life / Margaret Mau -- Sect. II. Technology in education -- Ch. V. Developing culturally inclusive educational multimedia in the South Pacific / Christopher Robbins -- Ch. VI. Learning to Internet bank / Fiona Brady -- Ch. VII. Can information communication technological tools be used to suit aboriginal learning pedagogies? / Michael Donovan -- Ch. VIII. Instructional design and technology implications for indigenous knowledge : Africa's introspective / Wanjira Kinuthia -- Case Study V. Computer technology and native literacy in the Amazon Rain Forrest / Gale Goodwin Gomez -- Case Study VI. Toi Whakoranga : Maori and learning technology / Terry Neal, Andrea Barr, Te Arani Barrett and Kathie Irwin -- Case Study VII. Multimedia curriculum development based on the oral tradition / Ella Inglebret, Susan Rae Banks, D. Michael Pavel, Rhonda Friedlander and Mary Loy Stone -- Case Study VIII. The indigenous pre-IT program / Stephen Grant, Max Hendriks and Laurel Evelyn Dyson -- Case Study IX. Problem-based online learning and indigenous tertiary education : reflections on implementation / Rosemary Foster and Michael Meehan -- Case Study X. Student technology projects in a remote first nations village / Tish Scott -- Case Study XI. Draw-talk-write : experiences and learning with indigenous Australians that are driving the evolution of word recognition technology / Russell Gluck and John Fulcher -- Sect. III. Cultural preservation and revitalisation -- Ch. IX. Ara Irititja : towards culturally appropriate IT best practice in remote indigenous Australia / Martin Hughes and John Dallwitz -- Ch. X. Digital songlines : digitising the arts, culture and heritage landscape of aborignal Australia / Brett Leavy -- Case Study XII. The use of information and communication technology for the preservation of aboriginal culture : the Badimaya people of Western Australia / Katina Michael and Leone Dunn -- Ch. XI. Indigenous language usage in a bilingual interface : transaction log analysis of the Niupepa Web site / Te Taka Keegan, Sally Jo Cunningham and Mark Apperley -- Case Study XIII. Language, identity, and community control : the Tagish first voices project / Kate Hennessy and Patrick J. Moore -- Case Study XIV. Towards an indigenous language knowledge base : tools and techniques from the Arwarbukarl community / Daryn McKenny, Baden Hughes and Alex Arposio -- Case Study XV. Ndjebbana talking books : a technological transformation to fit Kunibidji social practice / Glenn Auld -- Case Study XVI. A talking dictionary of Paakantyi / David Nathan -- Case Study XVII. Building the Dena'ina language Alaska archive / Gary Holton, Andrea Berez and Sadie Williams -- Sect. IV. Applications transforming communities -- Ch. XII. Ethnocomputing with native American design / Ron Eglash -- Ch. XIII. Cut from the same cloth : the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, geographic information systems, and cultural assimilation / Mark H. Palmer -- Ch. XIV. Representations of tribal boundaries of Australian indigenous peoples and the implications for geographic information systems / Andrew Turk -- Ch. XV. E-communiy-based tourism for Asia's indigenous people / Roger W. Harris, Doug Vogel and Lars H. Bestle -- Case Study XVIII. Computerised tests of brain function for use with indigenous people / Sheree Cairney and Paul Maruff -- Case Study XIX. Alliance project : digital kinship database and genealogy / Shigenobu Sugito and Sachiko Kubota -- Case Study XX. Agreements treaties and negotiated settlements database / Marcia Langton, Odette Mazel and Lisa Palmer -- Sect. V. Linking communities and improving access -- Ch. XVI. The diffusion of new technologies : community online access centres in indigenous communities in Australia / Anne Daly -- Ch. XVII. Wireless applications in Africa / Laurel Evelyn Dyson -- Case Study XXI. UHF-based community voice service in Ngannyatjarra lands of Australia / Mehran Abolhasan and Paul Boustead -- Case Study XXII. Cape York digital network / Alopi Latukefu -- Case Study XXIII. Redfern kids connect / Ryan Sengara -- Case Study XXIV. Community computing and literacy in Pascua Yaqui Pueblo / J. David Betts -- Case Study XXV. Reunification of the Wendat/Wyandotte nation at a time of globalization / Linda Sioui -- Epilogue : future directions / Laurel Evelyn Dyson, Max Hendriks and Stephen Grant.
Subject: Internet -- Cross-cultural studies
Information technology -- Social aspects
Indigenous peoples -- Computer network resources

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Merritt Campus GN380 I58 2007 (Text) 124106 Regular Collection Volume hold Available -
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