Indigenous People and Mobile Technologies [Hardcover]

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. 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.

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.

1. Framing the Indigenous Mobile Revolution Laurel Evelyn Dyson  Part I: Indigenous Mobile Technology Adoption and Theoretical Perspectives  2. Why Mobile? Indigenous People and Mobile Technologies at the Edge Fiona Brady and Laurel Evelyn Dyson  3. The Case for Play in the Developing World: Lessons from Rah Island, Vanuatu Pedro Ferreira and Kristina H??k  4. Ecosystemic Innovation for Indigenous People in Latin America Paul Kim, Karla Alfaro and Leigh Anne Miller  5. The Indigenous Digital Collectif: The Translation of Mobile Phones among the iTadian Gino Orticio  6.&nbsl&