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Indigenous Peoples in the Information Society - Further Information and Links



Collection of background and position papers
Further reading
Links



Collection
of background and position papers

Give us the Stuff and we'll figure it out. Survey Brief-2003

Background - The Special Situation of Indigenous Peoples - Indigenous Peoples and the Evolution of the Information Society

The Report of the Global Forum of Indigenous peoples and the Information Society. By the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 23.12.2003

Indigenous Peoples and the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean: a framework for action 

Indigenous Peoples and ICTs: Millennium Development Goal 8 and the Information Society

The Aboriginal Voice Final Report: From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity 

Aboriginal Voice Cultural Working Group Paper: "Aboriginal Culture in the Digital Age" KTA's Marcia Nickerson, Head of the Aboriginal Practice Group and Jay Kaufman, Principal, in collaboration with the Aboriginal Voice Culture Working Group 

The Aboriginal Voice: Finding an Aboriginal Digital Voice. Co-authored by Richard Jock and Mary Simon, two members of the Crossing Boundaries National Council.



Further
reading

Helvetas "Partnerschaft" Magazine, Dossier Laos, nr. 182, November 2005: article Digitale Grabenkämpfe 

(WWW) Cultural Survival e-magazine Volume 29.2: Indigenous Peoples Bridging the Digital Divide

AJ Johnson:A New Understanding of Culture and Communication: The Impact of Technology on Indigenous Peoples. A Pathfinder. 

Philipp Budka, a social anthropologist from Vienna, Austria: Indigene Gruppen und Computernetzwerke: An ethnographic Online Study

Philipp Budka, a social anthropologist from Vienna, Austria: Indigene Widerstandsbewegungen im Kontext von Globalisierung und Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien. Case Study EZLN in Mexico. 

By Miranda Moore, AB/BC Regional Writer's Bureau, Victoria, British Columbia: The Digital Divide, Aboriginal women and IT opportunity 

Katrina Samaras Charles Stuart University (Wagga Wagga NSW), Australia: Indigenous Australians and the 'digital divide' 

Laurel Evelyn Dyson. Idea Publishing: Information Technology and Indigenous People

D-Lib Magazine March 2002: Special Issue on Digital Technology and Indigenous Communities 

At the Alberta Regional Forum in Calgary on February 22 and 23, 2005, participants discussed how information and communications technologies (ICTs) can be used to support Aboriginal economic development and participation the emering e-economy: Aboriginal Participation in the eEconomy

The E-learning Forum took place in Toronto on November 22 and 23,2004. Participants at the Ontario Forum saw and reflected on a range of presentations, including Aboriginal perspectives on learning, what e-learning means, practical e-learning applications, and collaborations around e-learning projects: Ontario eLearning Forum

Incomindios Newsletter Nr. 23 August 2006: Community Radios in Guatemala



Links

Definitions Information Society: 
Wikipedia english/german

Definitions ICT: 
Wikipedia english
 

Definitions Digital Divide: 
Wikipedia english/german 

Information Society Indigenous
International Indigenous ICT Taskforce (IITF)
Aboriginal Canada Portal (GFIPIS)
The Crossing Boundaries initiative
The Indigenous Commission for Communications Technologies in the Americas

Information Society Switzerland: 
Bakom
Infosociety
SDC 

Information Society International: 
EU
Unesco Portal

ICT4D: 
Oecd
UN ICT Taskforce
UNDP, Development Gateway
Seeing is Believing
Unesco Portal

Digital Divide: NGO's 
digitaldivide.net
digitaldivide.org
indiantech.org

 



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