Module 1 – Entry 2
While looking for ways that technology is being used by Indigenous communities, I came across this website called, “The Ethnos Project” that hosts information including research about how Indigeneity and information and communication technologies are being used by Indigenous peoples.
Mark Oppeneer takes an excerpt from a book, a chapter titled, “The Impact of Digital Technology on Indigenous Peoples” by Robert Hershey because it articulates how Indigenous people are utilizing technologies to preserve and promote Indigenous culture. This website will provide useful insights into the questions being proposed on the ETEC 521 discussion boards.
Here is a taste of what you will find:
“The current era has been termed the “age of information,” and this term generally carries a positive connotation. In Native societies, however, a dichotomy exists between those who embrace the Internet as a tool to protect, maintain, and promote cultural diversity and those who believe that the Internet serves only to endorse capitalist ideals and sanction products of the modern industrial society.[13] This dichotomy provokes the question, is the Internet friend or foe of Indigenous peoples?”
I believe this website will provide useful information to anyone looking to investigate the impacts of technology on Indigenous peoples. As an added bonus, the website provides a substantial list of links to other websites that deal with Indigenous culture and the Internet.
Reference
Hershey, R. (2011, August 11). The Impact of Digital Technology on Indigenous Peoples. EcoLiterateLaw. http://www.ecoliteratelaw.com/09_DigitizationIndig.cfm?sect=text.
Oppenneer, M. (2011, August 11). The Impact of Digital Technology on Indigenous Peoples. The Ethnos Project. https://www.ethnosproject.org/the-impact-of-digital-technology-on-indigenous-peoples/