scholarly journals Using interactive multimedia to document and communicate Inuit knowledge

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 91-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shari Gearheard
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Revitalization ◽  
Multimedia Technology ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
The North ◽  
Inuit Knowledge

Abstract Media technology has acted as both a threat to local knowledge and language, and a tool to strengthen it. More and more, indigenous peoples are using media for their own purposes from art to communication to education. Multimedia technology is surfacing as one useful tool in local knowledge and language revitalization efforts. Multimedia is being applied in a number of ways, preserving and passing on local knowledge and languages and showing potential for doing so in ways that engage young people and are more closely aligned with indigenous forms of teaching and learning. Discussing a case study example of one multimedia project in Nunavut, this paper evaluates multimedia in the context of documenting and communicating Inuit knowledge. Though there are challenges and issues to consider, multimedia and other technologies should be considered and creatively applied to help local people reach their goals. Texts and other forms of media remain important resources for documentation and communication in the North, but multimedia has the potential to grow into a key tool.

scholarly journals Leadership and Peacebuilding: The Role of Young People in Countering Violent Extremism in North East Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Mohammed Machina
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Small Minority ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Youth Population ◽  
Extremist Groups

The involvement of some young people as foot soldiers of extremist groups has led to the stereotype of youth in general as perpetrators of violence and a threat to peace and stability. That is why many commentaries and media reportage on Nigeria portray young people as perpetrators of violence or victims of conflict. However, this picture of young people is incomplete because it fails to acknowledge the role of young people as peacebuilders. This commentary examines the role of young people in countering violent extremism in North East Nigeria and focuses on the North East Intellectual Entrepreneurship Fellowship (NEIEF) Fellows as a case study. I argue that young people who actively joined extremist groups represent a small minority of the youth population. The majority of young people in North East Nigeria have been actively working to counter extremist narratives of violence.

Formation of Agrarian Production Infrastructure in the Areas Inhabited by Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North. Case Study of Krasnoyarsk

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Denis Victorovich PARSHUKOV ◽  
Victor Nikolayevich NEVZOROV ◽  
Marina Anatolevna YANOVA ◽  
Elena Nikolayevna OLEYNIKOVA ◽  
Igor Victorovich MATSKEVICH
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Krasnoyarsk Krai ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
The North ◽  
Northern Territories ◽  
Hunting And Fishing ◽  
Forest Foods ◽  
Ways Of Life

The article is devoted to the problems of protecting and developing traditions and ways of life of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North through employment. Stability of northern clans is reviewed through the problems related to the development of nature’s potential and the use of the northern territories’ biological resources, the creation of supporting agrarian zones in the inhabited areas and formation of relevant production infrastructure. The article addresses development directions of such traditional industries and trades of the North as reindeer herding, hunting and fishing, and gathering of forest foods. The authors chose for the research the Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets District and the Evenkiysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, which are home to a large group of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North. Research methods include analysis of official and analytical reports, publications, regulations, results of field surveys, and economic calculations. It has been established that the districts under research have substantial resources for the development of traditional northern industries and trades. Having generalized the collected materials, the authors assessed the reserves of the areas’ biological resources, and potential production volumes for the traditional industries and trades, as well as determined locations for production infrastructure facilities. The main constraints to the development of the traditional industries and trades are the poor development of transportation infrastructure, the difficulties related to the export of goods from the areas, the monopolistic nature of the procurement of goods from indigenous peoples, and changes in the state approach to the management of northern territories.

scholarly journals (Big) Data and the North-in-South: Australia’s Informational Imperialism and Digital Colonialism

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique Mann ◽  
Angela Daly
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
The North ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Criminological Perspective ◽  
Global North ◽  
Modern Technologies

Australia is a country firmly part of the Global North, yet geographically located in the Global South. This North-in-South divide plays out internally within Australia given its status as a British settler-colonial society which continues to perpetrate imperial and colonial practices vis-à-vis the Indigenous peoples and vis-à-vis Australia’s neighboring countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This article draws on and discusses five seminal examples forming a case study on Australia to examine big data practices through the lens of Southern Theory from a criminological perspective. We argue that Australia’s use of big data cements its status as a North-in-South environment where colonial domination is continued via modern technologies to effect enduring informational imperialism and digital colonialism. We conclude by outlining some promising ways in which data practices can be decolonized through Indigenous Data Sovereignty but acknowledge these are not currently the norm; so Australia’s digital colonialism/coloniality endures for the time being.

Russian nationalists in the Komi Republic: a case study of the Frontier of the North

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandr G. Kuzmin ◽  
Anastasia V. Mitrofanova
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Young People ◽  
Komi Republic ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Grassroots Activism ◽  
Ethnic Nationalism ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Civic Activism ◽  
The North

The article examines some generic traits of the “new” Russian ethnic nationalism, namely, de-ideologization of the nationalist milieu and its inclination for civic activism. It results from a case study of the Frontier of the North (FN – Syktyvkar), an ideologically ambivalent organization that combines dual Russian/Komi ethnic nationalism, anti-migration sentiments, white racism, and fragments of other ideologies. The article demonstrates that, unlike nationalists of the previous generation, FN is not hostile to public authorities and is ready to cooperate with them. FN's grassroots activism, as well as sports and healthy recreational activities, attracts young people. The organization tackles the most acute social problems, often neglected by everyone else, and has become a working civil society institution. The authors argue that these tactics win the “new” nationalists sympathy among ordinary people and makes the groups politically stronger and more influential than the previous nationalist generation. However, state anti-extremist policy hampers the advancement of nationalists into mainstream politics.

Addressing Estrangement from Nature with a Night Class in the Forest

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Jacob C. Brenner ◽  
Jason G. Hamilton ◽  
Anne Stork ◽  
Jed Jordan ◽  
Tim Drake
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Learning Domains ◽  
Potential Applicability ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
People Today

Young people today spend relatively little time in natural environments, and this can lead to problems when they enter college degree programs in environmental studies or sciences. We designed a field course to reconnect undergraduates with nature through focused exercises in wilderness survival. This course integrates multiple learning domains, with a primary focus on the affective. In this case study, we narrate the story of one exercise deployed in this course, a night class in the forest, which has proven valuable for helping our students develop an affective connection with the natural surroundings. The success of the exercise hinges on careful choreography and the authenticity of the nighttime forest setting. Oral testimonies and written reflections following a daytime return visit reveal profound impacts on students, both in their awareness of the environment around them and their sense of connection to it. This article concludes with several questions to help faculty and students critically consider their own teaching and learning in environmental studies, as well as the potential applicability of these exercises in other academic situations.

scholarly journals Using social media to engage and develop the online learner in self-determined learning

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Marie Blaschke
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Online Classroom ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Social media technology provides educators with an opportunity to engage learners in the online classroom, as well as to support development of learner skills and competencies. This case study explores the role of social media in promoting cognitive and meta-cognitive learner development while using a heutagogical teaching and learning approach. Research was conducted using questionnaires and interviews and incorporated the perspectives of both students and instructors on the use of social media in the online classroom and how media influenced interaction and learner development. Results indicate that students perceived specific social media (Google Docs, mind mapping and e-portfolio software) in conjunction with a unique learning activity as influencing specific cognitive and meta-cognitive skills (constructing new knowledge, reflecting on course content, understanding individual learning process). Research also indicated an increase in student familiarity with using social media and student research skills. This paper presents the findings from the case study, as well as general guidance to instructors for incorporating social media in the online classroom.Keywords: social media; heutagogy; e-learning; self-determined learning(Published: 10 November 2014)Citation: Research in Learning Technology 2014, 22: 21635 -http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v22.21635

scholarly journals Kajian tentang karakter berbasis nilai-nilai kearifan lokal pada masyarakat adat Kampung Kuta Kecamatan Tambaksari Kabupaten Ciamis

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Trisna Sukmayadi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
Constructive Thinking ◽  
Way Of Life

This study was aimed at exploring the values of local wisdom of the indigenous peoples whose existence is still kept below the brunt of globalization and modernization so strong. This is a case study. Its results indicate: (1) the indigenous peoples perceived that local knowledge is a cultural heritage as a noble value, handed down by ancestors as identity formation and identity that must be maintained and preserved. Characters that are inherited are soft, regular, efficiency, discipline, shared caring, teach each other, sincere, obedient /submissive, visionary (thinking ahead), responsible, dedicated, loyal, sympathy, empathy, compassion, tolerancesense, willing to sacrifice, faith and piety, simple, cherish health, thoughtful, and constructive thinking, which are reflected in the art, proverbs,  and way of life; (2) the inheritance of the character value is done by oral traditions and examples directly transmitted through traditional ceremonies; (3) The persistence reinforcing factor of the values of local wisdom, is the fact that “pamali” (meaning prohobition), is still held firmly by community.

scholarly journals Exploring the Malaysian Rural School Teachers’ Professional Local Knowledge in Enhancing Students’ Thinking Skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Hazri Jamil ◽  
Rohani Arbaa ◽  
Mohamad Zohir Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Positive Interaction ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Research Findings

This paper discussed a qualitative research findings on the case of Malaysian teachers employed their professional local knowledge for enhancing students’ thinking skills in classroom practices. In this paper, a teacher’s professional local knowledge is viewed as a teacher’s professional knowledge and skills developed through the combination of the teacher’s expertise, theory, knowledge and experiences gained from professional practices in various and different contexts of students’ social backgrounds, environment and culture. In this case study, we investigate four teachers from various disciplines and schools located in rural areas who are implementing student-centered teaching approach in the classroom. We identified the method, techniques and approaches they employed to enhance students’ thinking skills via observations and interviews regarding their teaching practices in the classroom. The study has shown how teachers practice their professional local knowledge through various approaches, strategies and techniques that form positive interaction between teachers and students. This often emboldens intellectual discourse, and gives the students learning autonomy during the process of teaching and learning to improve their thinking skills.

scholarly journals Television Fiction Series Targeted at Young Audience: Plots and Conflicts Portrayed in a Teen Series

Comunicar ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (37) ◽  
pp. 133-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Núria García-Muñoz ◽  
Maddalena Fedele
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Audience Reception ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Television Production ◽  
The North

This paper presents the main findings of a research project on teen series, which are television fiction series featuring teenagers and specifically targeted at a young audience. The analysis of the portrayal of young people in television fictional series specifically targeted at a young audience has a meaningful value both for television production and for audience reception. In fact, the potential consumers of the teen series –the teenagers– find themselves at a key moment in the construction of their identities. First, the article presents a review of the background literature on young people’s portrayal in television fiction series. Secondly, it discusses the concept of teen series and their relationship with youth consumption. Finally, the article presents a case study that consisted of a content analysis of the North American teen drama Dawson’s Creek. Content analysis was conducted on a representative sample of three seasons of the show, in order to analyse two groups of variables: the variables of the characters’ personalities and those of plot and story characteristics. The article discusses the results of the second group of variables, focusing on the main characteristics of the plots and on the characters’ roles in the development and resolution of the conflicts. Acceptance of one’s personal identity, love and friendship have been identified as the most highly recurring themes. In addition, the importance of social relationships among the characters in the development of plots and conflicts has been highlighted.Se presentan los principales hallazgos de un estudio sobre las «teen series», es decir las series de ficción televisiva protagonizadas por personajes adolescentes y dirigidas expresamente a una audiencia juvenil. El análisis del retrato de los jóvenes representados en productos específicamente dirigidos a un público juvenil tiene un valor muy significativo tanto por la producción de ficción como por la recepción, ya que los consumidores potenciales se encuentran en un momento clave del proceso de construcción de sus identidades. Después de repasar los principales antecedentes en el estudio de la representación de los jóvenes en la ficción televisiva, se describe el marco conceptual relativo a las «teen series» y se discute su relación con el consumo juvenil. Sucesivamente se presenta un estudio de caso que consiste en un análisis de contenido de la serie norteamericana «Dawson’s creek», realizado sobre una muestra representativa de tres temporadas de la serie, para analizar dos grupos de variables: variables relativas a los personajes y variables relativas a las tramas y a los conflictos. Se discuten los resultados relativos al segundo grupo de variables, con particular atención a las características de las tramas y al papel de los personajes en el desarrollo y en la resolución de las mismas. La aceptación de la identidad personal, el amor y la amistad han resultado ser las temáticas más recurrentes. Además, las relaciones sociales entre los personajes han resultado ejercer un papel fundamental en el desarrollo de las tramas y de los conflictos.

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