Future Directions

Dyson, Laurel Evelyn; Hendriks, Max; Grant, Stephen

doi:10.4018/978-1-59904-298-5.ch043

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“…Several scholars report that Indigenous Australians are enthusiastic users of digital technologies and use them in diverse ways for transferring knowledge, amongst other activities (Brady & Dyson, 2015;Du et al, 2015;Dyson, 2004). Despite considerable barriers to ICT adoption such as cost, lack of adequate infrastructure and low levels of digital literacy (Du & Haines, 2017;Radoll, 2010), the use of ICT has become an important everyday activity for Indigenous Australians (Dyson, 2015) across work, educational and social environments (Radoll, 2010). Research shows that Indigenous people across the globe are typically early adopters of digital technology (Carlson & Frazer, 2018;Latimore et al, 2017) and use ICT for a diverse range of purposes, including information-seeking, playing online games, using social media, listening to music, watching videos, as well as uploading content such as music, photos…”

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“…Australasian Journal of Information Systems Gregor et al 2023, Vol 27, Research Article Indigenous Knowledge-Sharing and videos to platforms for sharing within their own communities (Du & Haines, 2017;Shaw et al, 2014;Dyson, 2015).…”

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“…Portable devices, especially mobile phones, have become the technology of choice for many Indigenous Communities (Shaw et al, 2014;Brady & Dyson, 2015) and mobile technologies have been enthusiastically adopted in remote Indigenous communities where previous attempts to introduce other ICTs have been unsuccessful (Brady & Dyson, 2015). Many Indigenous communities choose mobiles over fixed-line ICT (Dyson, 2015) despite a lack of sufficient mobile coverage in many remote areas (Shaw et al, 2014). This choice is due to the relatively low cost of mobile devices and the convenience of being able to communicate while away from home.…”

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Indigenous Knowledge-Sharing Interventions in Australia and the Use of Information and Communication Technology: A Scoping Review

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Gunawardena,

Imran

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Indigenous peoples in Australia are subject to significant disadvantages both socio-economically and in health, education and service provision. Knowledge-sharing interventions, including those with an information and communications technology (ICT) base, have the potential to address these challenges. Interventions occur against a background of an ancient culture with distinctive ways of knowing and doing, including storytelling, art and performance. This study documents the results of a scoping review of interventions that have been undertaken in this context. It considers the outcomes of these interventions, the extent to which Indigenous ways of knowing were accounted for and whether ICT was involved. Our review of the peer-reviewed literature located two prior reviews and seven primary studies. All of the primary studies were about health interventions; of these, all those that reported positive outcomes only had incorporated Indigenous ways of knowing, some in innovative ways. Only two studies used ICT as their main vehicle. This article provides a base for further work by documenting the current status of the field and identifying the gaps, such as the scarcity of non-health and ICT-based studies. The cases identified provide useful insights for those with an interest in developing future initiatives.

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Indigenous Knowledge-Sharing Interventions in Australia and the Use of Information and Communication Technology: A Scoping Review

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Imran

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“…The results clearly show how the participants embraced the fast-changing world of technology, music, and the fashion industry. The explosion of mobile devices and applications in indigenous communities address isolation issues and build an environment for the learning and sharing of knowledge, providing support for cultural and language revitalization and offering the means for social and economic renewal (Dyson et al, 2015). These are manifestations of how flexible and adaptive the participants are as individuals utilizing developments in the community and at the same time preserving their respective cultural identities.…”

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Social Impact of Multicultural Education on Indigenous Secondary Learners of Caraga Region

BALABA

2023

AIDE-IRJ

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This study aimed to investigate the social impact of multicultural education on Higaonon, Mamanwa, and Manobo secondary school learners of the Caraga Region. This study utilized a mixed method of research, particularly convergent parallel design, with a researcher-made questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. Three hundred twelve (12) participants consisting of one hundred (100) Higaonon, one hundred sixty (160) Manobo, and fifty-two (52) Mamanwa students answered the survey questionnaires. Findings revealed that Multicultural Education has a high impact on the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of indigenous learners. By engaging in multicultural education, learners learn to accept their own culture, which helps to enhance self-knowledge and self-development. Through multicultural education, indigenous learners have learned to appreciate and respect others despite cultural differences. Moreover, findings showed multicultural education had improved the communication skills of indigenous learners; these learners were able to meet and make new friends with non-indigenous learners. However, indigenous learners experienced bullying, which made them feel unwelcome and unrespected. IP learners claimed that poverty, dealing with IP learners, and bullying are the difficulties they have encountered in school. IP learners have learned how to use cellular phones and adapt to the latest music, fashion, and social media trends. Results have shown that multicultural education promotes and has instilled the importance of education among indigenous learners. Higaonon and Manobo learners, however, asserted that IP-related cultural activities were limited only to Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health (MAPEH) lessons, whereas Mamanwa learners claimed that no culture-related activities were conducted in school. Based on such findings, a proposed plan of action was made to solve the issues involving the impact and the undesirable experiences of the Caraga Region IP learners while enrolled in a multicultural education setting.

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“…Digital technologies can simultaneously empower and marginalize indigenous communities (Dyson et al, 2007;Palmer, 2009). In recent years, indigenous groups have adopted digital forms of media-especially audio and video recording-to represent inter-related concepts of place and identity.…”

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Geographic Information Networks in American Indian Governments and Communities

Palmer

Hanney

2010

International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking

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This article describes advantages and disadvantages of federal government centralized geographic information networks and decentralized peer-to-peer geographic information networks as they pertain to North American Indian tribal governments and communities. Geographic information systems (GIS) are used by indigenous groups for natural resource management, land claims, water rights, and cultural revitalization activities on a global-scale. North American groups use GIS for the same reasons, but questions regarding culturally appropriate GIS, cross-cultural understandings of geographic knowledge, and cultural assimilation through Western digital technologies have been raised by scholars. Two network models are germane to American Indian government operations and community organizations. The first is a prescriptive top-down network emanating from federal government agencies. Federal agencies are responsible for the diffusion of nationwide GIS programs throughout indigenous communities in the United States. A second, potentially more inclusive model is a decentralized peer-to-peer network in which all nodes are responsible for the success of the network.

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Future Directions

Abstract: This book has demonstrated that the use of information technology within indigenous communities and by indigenous peoples is no longer an issue of debate but a proven fact. It is no longer a dream of the future but is the reality of today.

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Indigenous Knowledge-Sharing Interventions in Australia and the Use of Information and Communication Technology: A Scoping Review

Indigenous Knowledge-Sharing Interventions in Australia and the Use of Information and Communication Technology: A Scoping Review

Social Impact of Multicultural Education on Indigenous Secondary Learners of Caraga Region

Geographic Information Networks in American Indian Governments and Communities

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