We’ve spent a good deal of the course reading about or discussion have indigenous communities are appropriating technologies and media to create their own content/productions or to tell their own stories. Here’s an incredibly rich interactive and immersive site that tells the stories of the Yolngu people of Arnhem land in Northern Australia. Each portion of the site provides an insight into an aspect of culture, place, or history and incorporates rich artwork, video clips, still images, music, sounds and often, narration by one of the Yolngo people. Importantly, all content is available in English and in the Yolngu language.
As the Yolngo people state on the site. They are proud of their community, history, children, artists, songmen and place, and are happy to share these with others who are interested in learning about them.
This is a great example of a project that embodies the concepts we have have been discussing, respect for intellectual property, self-determination, autonomy, and supporting native ways and traditions.
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