The Overseeing Gaze<\/p>\n
Videos<\/p>\n
Technologies such as the internet have reopened the debate about intellectual property, copyright protection and cultural ownership. Weblogs, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube are just a few of the tools available to people wishing to correspond, chat or post media on topics of interest to them. A huge increase in the commodification of culture and increased marketing has only inflamed the debate.<\/p>\n
The first video shows what can happen to a culture when the Internet is used to promote or market tourism in a global context. The second video is an overview of just how quickly technology has changed Internet marketing over the past 10 years or so.<\/p>\n
Adivasi, Tourism & Internet https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GREXK92sWEw<\/a> (video)<\/p>\n Technology Impact on Internet marketing https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NlysgiV-u8M <\/a>(video)<\/p>\n The next video is an example of how the Internet is used to promote non-violent yet illegal activity. A vigilante demonstrates how to place copper wire on railway tracks to short circuit railway traffic lights. The idea is to train sympathizers of the cause how to disrupt railway traffic. <\/p>\n Friends and Allies http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=-8044688699643137747&ei=ylLaSrLaF4fYqAPhuJ35Cw&q=Canada+%2B+Indigenous+people+and+the+internet&hl=en#<\/a> (video)<\/p>\n Here are a few more examples of how the Internet is being used by indigenous people to get their message out\u2026 whatever the message may be.<\/p>\n NnishTV.com on employment in Thunder Bay http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/1526523<\/a> (video)<\/p>\n