Traditional Culture, Technology and Youth
The disconnect between indigenous youth and their traditional culture is an important issue amongst indigenous peoples. They are always looking for ways to combat this problem. Here are a few worth exploring.
• Jasmine Bruce, Indigenous Youth, (pdf file)
• Cara Heaven & Matthew Tubridy, Highly Affected, Rarely Considered: Global Youth, Culture and Youth Identity, (pdf file)
• Unknown, Natives on the Electronic Frontier (posting)
The Digital Drum WebSite
Web Site URL: http://www.digitaldrum.ca/en/
The Digital Drum is a project set up in 2007 by Canadian Culture Online, which is run by the Department of Canada Heritage.
It is a site similar to YouTube, and is designed to engage youth in Aboriginal Cultural Expression. One of the aims is to connect youth with Elders in the hope that this will help youth to identify with their native culture. The site offers a variety of media clips on many topics related to the interests of Indigenous youth. It is easy to watch stream, vote, post comments and upload material. The site is designed to be attractive to modern adolescents. It is a great way to develop a multimedia discourse by connecting Indigenous youth to a Pan Indigenous Discourse. It is obviously open to abuse, as I discovered in the Blogs, but it is a very interesting idea and seems to be working.
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