Information Technology And Indigenous People – Laurel Evelyn Dyson & Others

• Chapter 20 Ara Irititja: Towards Culturally Appropriate IT Best Practice in Remote Indigenous Australia (pages 146-158)
• Chapter 21 Digital Songlines: Digitising the Arts, Culture and Heritage Landscape of Aborignal Australia (pages 159-169)
• Chapter 22 The Use of Information and Communication Technology for the Preservation of Aboriginal Culture: The Badimaya People of Western Australia (pages 170-174)
• Chapter 23 Indigenous Language Usage in a Bilingual Interface: Transaction Log Analysis of the Niupepa Web Site (pages 175-188)
• Chapter 24 Language, Identity, and Community Control: The Tagish First Voices Project (pages 189-191)
• Chapter 25 Towards an Indigenous Language Knowledge Base: Tools and Techniques from the Arwarbukarl Community (pages 192-196)
• Chapter 26 Ndjebbana Talking Books: A Technological Transformation to Fit Kuynibidji Social Practice (pages 197-199)
• Chapter 27 A Talking Dictionary of Paakantyi (pages 200-204)
• Chapter 28 Building the Dena’ina Language Alaska Archive (pages 205-209)
• Chapter 29 Ethnocomputing with Native American Design (pages 210-219)
• Chapter 30 Cut from the Same Cloth: The United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Geographic Information Systems, and Cultural Assimilation (pages 220-231)
• Chapter 31 Representations of Tribal Boundaries of Australian Indigenous Peoples and the Implications for Geographic Information Systems (pages 232-244)
• Chapter 32 E-Community-Based Tourism for Asia’s Indigenous People (pages 245-256)
• Chapter 33 Computerised Tests of Brain Function for Use with Indigenous People (pages 257-259)
• Chapter 34 Alliance Project: Digital Kinship Database and Genealogy (pages 260-265)
• Chapter 35 Agreements Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Database (pages 266-271)
• Chapter 36 The Diffusion of New Technologies: Community Online Access Centre in Indigenous Communities in Australia (pages 272-285)
• Chapter 37 Wireless Applications in Africa (pages 286-294)
• Chapter 38 UHF-Based Community Voice Service in Ngannyatjarra Lands of Australia (pages 295-297)
• Chapter 39 Cape York Digital Network (pages 298-301)
• Chapter 40 Redfern Kids Connect (pages 302-304)
• Chapter 41 Community Computing and Literacy in Pascua Yaqui Pueblo (pages 305-309)
• Chapter 42 Reunification of the Wendat/Wyandotte Nation at a Time of Globalization (pages 310-313)
• Chapter 43 Future Directions (pages 314-315)
• Glossary
• About the Authors
• Index

Authors:

Laurel Evelyn Dyson, Ph.D., is a lecturer in information technology at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, where she is one of the founders of the Indigenous Participation in Information Technology Project. As part of this project, Dr. Dyson led the successful introduction of the first university information technology tertiary preparation course for Indigenous people in Australia. Having lived on the other side of the Digital Divide until a few years ago, her mission is to assist others to master the tools of the Information Age. In this role, her teaching has included computer education programs for Indigenous Australians, senior citizens, adult literacy students, and prisoners. In total, her experience in university and adult education spans a period of over two decades, with a focus on language, study skills, university preparation courses and lately information technology. She has published one book and a number of book chapters and research papers, has been interviewed 13 times about her research for radio and the press, and has had 33 reviews of her work in the media. Currently, she is leading the evaluation, for UNESCO, of their ICT4ID Project involving Indigenous people and information and communication technologies in Africa and Latin America.

Max Hendriks lectures in information technology at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, where he is also currently completing a master’s degree in internetworking science. He has been an educator for over 35 years and taught all grades from pre-school through to university postgraduate students, as well as holding senior executive positions in education. He is involved in the Indigenous Participation in Information Technology Project at the University of Technology, Sydney, and took an active role in the development and delivery of the university’s first Indigenous pre-IT program.

Stephen Grant holds an academic position at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, where he is in charge of mentoring Indigenous students in the Indigenous Participation in Information Technology Project. He was recently presented with a university Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights Award for his work in the program. He is one of a handful of qualified Indigenous IT professionals in Australia, with qualifications and industry experience in engineering and IT as well as in Indigenous affairs. Since joining the University of Technology, Sydney, he has added to his networking industry certification by becoming a qualified networking instructor as well as commencing a Master of Science in Internetworking, making him one of three Indigenous IT postgraduate students in Australia.