From Filmmaker Warriors to Flash Drive Shamans: Indigenous Media Production and Engagement in Latin America ed. by Richard Pace

Diálogo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-150
Author(s):  
Argelia González Hurtado
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Media Production ◽  
Indigenous Media

Indigenous Peoples and the Cultural Constructions of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Latin America

2008 ◽  
pp. 1966-1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Francisco Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Indigenous Media ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Information And Communication

Indigenous media have become an intensely debated subject in discussions of cultural diversity and access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). In many circles, the question of the equitable and affordable access to communication and information has begun to be conceptualized as integral to human rights and as an essential element in the foundation of a knowledge and/or information society. The purpose of the chapter is to analyse current approaches to indigenous ICT practices in Latin America by examining several case studies that explore, enliven and criticize the often ethnocentric discussions of the digital divide. The analysis is placed in the context of the rise of coordinated indigenous movements in Latin America, the wave of media privatisation in the region and the impact of IT policy and reform. It argues that, beyond consideration of the social impact of ICT on indigenous cultures, it is also relevant to consider the cultural construction of new technologies of information and communication in order to better understand the ways in which indigenous peoples adopt and make use of new digital technologies according to traditional knowledge and systems of law. The chapter concludes by supporting the need for self-identification of local practices and knowledge within the communities in order to design adequate strategies to gain benefit from the use of ICTs.

Indigenous Peoples and the Cultural Constructions of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Latin America

2007 ◽  
pp. 14-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Francisco Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Indigenous Media ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Information And Communication

Indigenous media have become an intensely debated subject in discussions of cultural diversity and access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). In many circles, the question of the equitable and affordable access to communication and information has begun to be conceptualized as integral to human rights and as an essential element in the foundation of a knowledge and/or information society. The purpose of the chapter is to analyse current approaches to indigenous ICT practices in Latin America by examining several case studies that explore, enliven and criticize the often ethnocentric discussions of the digital divide. The analysis is placed in the context of the rise of coordinated indigenous movements in Latin America, the wave of media privatisation in the region and the impact of IT policy and reform. It argues that, beyond consideration of the social impact of ICT on indigenous cultures, it is also relevant to consider the cultural construction of new technologies of information and communication in order to better understand the ways in which indigenous peoples adopt and make use of new digital technologies according to traditional knowledge and systems of law. The chapter concludes by supporting the need for self-identification of local practices and knowledge within the communities in order to design adequate strategies to gain benefit from the use of ICTs.

scholarly journals Making media together: Experiences of Aboriginal participation within co-creative remote media production teams

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Laura McDowell
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Media Production ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Indigenous Media ◽  
Creative Media ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Refined Version

This article outlines the findings of a research project that examined how participation can be understood, and subsequently improved, within collaborative, co-creative media practices. As a case study, the research project looked at Pintubi Anmatjere Warlpiri Media and Communications (PAW Media), a remote Indigenous media organisation (RIMO) based in Yuendumu in Australias Northern Territory. By means of 13 in-depth interviews, grounded in participant observation, the project examined how Aboriginal participation was motivated, enabled and limited from the perspectives of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal collaborators. The study revealed practices of Aboriginal participation at PAW Media that were highly valued by participants; nonetheless, limits to participation were noted and two conflicting views regarding improved practice expressed. Non-Aboriginal facilitators supported a transition towards greater Aboriginal autonomy over production, involving a handover of tasks and responsibility to their local Aboriginal counterparts; however, most Aboriginal media producers indicated that their participation was currently better served within a refined version of the existing co-creative structure.

Into the New Millennium: The Role of Indigenous Media in Australia

1998 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Meadows ◽  
Christine Morris
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Media Production ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Indigenous Media ◽  
Cultural Frameworks ◽  
Media Systems ◽  
The Impact

This article explores the nature of Indigenous media production in Australia in relation to a two-year study — the Millennium Project — which has begun to explore the implications and possibilities offered by new media technologies in Indigenous communities across the continent. Within a framework of the continuing misrepresentation of Indigenous people and issues, many communities have begun to develop alternative media systems with alternative approaches to information management by applying particular cultural frameworks to media production. This project explores the current and preferred future role of Indigenous media within the context of the impact of past, present and future media technologies and policies. The research will help to explain ways in which community-based media are being used and how they might be used as resources in the processes of cultural and linguistic maintenance.

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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