Information technologies and Indigenous communities

Ormond-Parker, Lyndon; Corn, Aaron

doi:10.1080/01576895.2019.1587809

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“…Notably, as highlighted in our model for a holistic healthy ageing program, the use of technological platforms should not be a total substitute for in-person contact. However, this study contributes to the evidence for the acceptability of technology-based health programs among older Aboriginal people [ 27 , 28 ]. This is in contrast to the common impression that older people tend to be less technologically-competent and less accepting of its use [ 69 ].…”

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“…A national survey found that more than 60% of Aboriginal people are active social media users in remote areas [ 27 ]. The Information Technologies and Indigenous Communities (ITIC) symposiums in 2010 and 2017 also demonstrated a significant and diverse information technology (IT) sector within Aboriginal communities and revealed a variety of information technology used to support innovation, employment, training, and transmission of culture [ 28 ].…”

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Older Aboriginal Australians’ Health Concerns and Preferences for Healthy Ageing Programs

Wettasinghe

Allan

Garvey

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While there is strong evidence of the need for healthy ageing programs for older Aboriginal Australians, few are available. It is important to understand older Aboriginal Australians’ perspectives on healthy ageing in order to co-design culturally-appropriate programs, including views on technology use in this context. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 34 Aboriginal Australians aged 50 years and older from regional and urban communities to explore participants’ health concerns, preferences for healthy ageing programs, and receptiveness to technology. Qualitative data were analyzed using a grounded theory approach. This study found that older Aboriginal Australians are concerned about chronic health conditions, social and emotional well-being, and difficulties accessing health services. A range of barriers and enablers to participation in current health programs were identified. From the perspective of older Aboriginal people, a successful healthy ageing program model includes physical and cognitive activities, social interaction, and health education. The program model also provides culturally safe care and transport for access as well as family, community, cultural identity, and empowerment regarding ageing well as central tenets. Technology could also be a viable approach for program delivery. These findings can be applied in the implementation and evaluation of culturally-appropriate, healthy ageing programs with older Aboriginal people.

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Older Aboriginal Australians’ Health Concerns and Preferences for Healthy Ageing Programs

Wettasinghe

Allan

Garvey

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“…Recent work in this area has noted the integral role that community engagement and rich contextual descriptions play in facilitating access to archival materials [7,8,9,10]. Through discussions of the ethics of appropriating materials and framing community stories in non-community perspectives, many have called for increased involvement of language communities in the archiving process [11,12]. However, linguists and their research team are often the ones responsible for managing the data, creating metadata, and depositing material into an archive.…”

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Collaborating with Language Community Members to Enrich Ethnographic Descriptions in a Language Archive

Burke¹

2021

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Digital Language Archives: LangArc 2021

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Language archives connect users such as language communities, linguists, and other researchers, to language data. As the language archiving community develops, concerns have been raised about the ethics, ownership, accessibility, and context of archival materials. While there are no simple solutions to these questions, many language archives are seeking ways to involve language community members in these conversations as they continue. This presentation describes a pilot project undertaken at the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) which explores a collaborative archiving approach to enable language community members to tell their own stories by adding contextual information to archival materials.

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“…A national survey found that in remote areas more than 60% of Aboriginal people are active social media users (27). The Information Technologies and Indigenous Communities (ITIC) symposiums in 2010 and 2017 also demonstrated a signi cant and diverse IT sector within Aboriginal communities, and revealed a variety of information technology used to support innovation, employment, training, and transmission of culture (28).…”

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Older Aboriginal Australians’ Health Concerns and Preferences for Healthy Ageing Programs

Wettasinghe

Allan

Garvey

et al. 2020

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BackgroundWhile there is strong evidence of the need for culturally appropriate healthy ageing programs for older Aboriginal Australians, there are few such available programs. There is also emerging potential and advantages of using technology as a platform for program delivery. It is important to understand older Aboriginal Australians’ perceptions of healthy ageing in order to co-design culturally appropriate healthy ageing programs, including views on technology use in this context.MethodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 34 Aboriginal Australians aged 50 years and older from regional and urban communities to explore participants’ main health concerns, preferred approaches to developing healthy ageing programs, and receptiveness to technology. Qualitative data were analysed using a grounded theory approach. ResultsThis study found that older Aboriginal Australians are concerned about chronic health conditions; social and emotional wellbeing; and difficulties accessing health services. Barriers to participation in current health programs included unappealing programs, disengagement due to past negative experiences, shame or stigma, and a sense of disempowerment. Flexibility of attendance and social aspects emerged as enablers. From the perspective of older Aboriginal people, a successful model of a healthy ageing program is one that comprises physical and cognitive activities, social interaction and health education, while providing culturally safe care and transport. Such a model should maintain family, community, cultural identity and empowerment regarding ageing well as its central tenets. This study also provides preliminary evidence of the viability of technology as a platform for health program delivery amongst older Aboriginal people in urban and regional settings. ConclusionFuture research may apply these findings in the implementation and evaluation of culturally appropriate healthy ageing programs for older Aboriginal people.

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Information technologies and Indigenous communities

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