Indigenous People and Mobile Technologies

<p>In the rich tradition of mobile communication studies and new media, this volume examines how mobile technologies are being embraced by Indigenous people all over the world<b>. </b>As mobile phones have revolutionised society both in developed and developing countries, so Indigenous people are using mobile devices to bring their communities into the twenty-first century. </p><p>The explosion of mobile devices and applications in Indigenous communities addresses issues of isolation and building an environment for the learning and sharing of knowledge, providing support for cultural and language revitalisation, and offering the means for social and economic renewal. This book explores how mobile technologies are overcoming disadvantage and the tyrannies of distance, allowing benefits to flow directly to Indigenous people and bringing wide-ranging changes to their lives. It begins with general issues and theoretical perspectives followed by empirical case studies that include the establishment of Indigenous mobile networks and practices, mobile technologies for social change and, finally, the ways in which mobile technology is being used to sustain Indigenous culture and language. </p> <p>1. Framing the Indigenous Mobile Revolution <i>Laurel Evelyn Dyson </i><strong>Part I: Indigenous Mobile Technology Adoption and Theoretical Perspectives </strong>2. Why Mobile? Indigenous People and Mobile Technologies at the Edge <i>Fiona Brady and Laurel Evelyn Dyson </i>3. The Case for Play in the Developing World: Lessons from Rah Island, Vanuatu <em>Pedro Ferreira and Kristina Höök </em>4. Ecosystemic Innovation for Indigenous People in Latin America <i>Paul Kim, Karla Alfaro and Leigh Anne Miller </i>5. The Indigenous Digital Collectif: The Translation of Mobile Phones among the iTadian <i>Gino Orticio </i>6. Private Mobile Phones and Public Communication Drums in Rural Papua New Guinea <em>Amanda H. A. Watson and Lee R. Duffield </em><strong>Part II: Self-Determination for Indigenous People through Mobile Technologies </strong>7. Keewaytinook Mobile: An Indigenous Community-Owned Mobile Phone Service in Northern Canada <i>Brian Beaton, Terence Burnard and Adi Linden and Susan O’Donnell </i>8. MOJO in Remote Indigenous Communities <i>Ivo Burum </i>9. Mobile Technology in Indigenous Landscapes <em>Coppélie Cocq </em><strong>Part III: Mobiles for Health, Education and Development </strong>10. Using Technology to Promote Health and Wellbeing among American Indian and Alaska Native Teens and Young Adults <i>Stephanie Craig Rushing, Amanda Gaston, Carol Kaufman, Christine Markham, Cornelia Jessen, Gwenda Gorman, Jennifer Torres, Kirsten Black, Ross Shegog, Taija Koogei Revels, Travis L. Lane and Jennifer Williamson </i>11. The Use of Podcasts to Improve the Pronunciation of the Māori Language and Develop Reflective Learning Skills <i>Lisa J. Switalla-Byers </i>12. Integrating Multimedia in ODL Materials and Enhanced Access through Mobile Phones <i>Maria Augusti and Doreen Richard Mushi </i>13. Mobile Phones in Rural South Africa: Stories of Empowerment from the Siyakhula Living Lab <i>Lorenzo Dalvit </i>14. Socio-Economic Impacts on the Adoption of Mobile Phones by the Major Indigenous Nationalities of Nepal <em>Sojen Pradhan and Gyanendra Bajracharya </em><strong>P</strong><strong>art IV: Cultural and Language Revitalization through Mobile Technologies </strong>15. Cultural Hybridity, Resilience and the Communication of Contemporary Cherokee Culture through Mobile Technologies <i>Kevin Kemper </i>16. eToro: Appropriating ICTs for the Management of Penans’ Indigenous Botanical Knowledge <i>Tariq Zaman, Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer and Alvin Yeo Wee </i>17. Language Vitalization through Mobile and Online Technologies in British Columbia <i>Peter Brand, Tracey Herbert and Shay Boechler </i>18. The Influence of Mobile Phones on the Languages and Cultures of Papua New Guinea <i>Olga Temple </i>19. An Example of Excellence: Chickasaw Language Revitalization through Technology <i>Traci L. Morris </i>Epilogue <i>Laurel Evelyn Dyson, Stephen Grant and Max Hendriks</i></p>