Cultural use of ICT4D to promote Indigenous knowledge continuity of Ngarrindjeri stories and communal practices
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2023
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Haines, J.
Du, J.T.
Trevorrow, A.E.
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2023; 74(12):1449-1462
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While there is a considerable amount of interest in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) in the Indigenous communities, it remains limited to those who can afford it and have the skills and knowledge to implement the technology and access appropriate digital tools. Hence, Indigenous communities are continually stigmatized as marginalized, leading to a cultural misrepresentation of histories that affects the continuing information disparity between Indigenous and Western knowledge systems, particularly the insufficient technology infrastructure designed for traditional users.
In this article,ICT4D was conceptualized as a digital platform to support Senior Ngarrindjeri Elder Aunty Ellen Trevorrow in continuing her practice of weaving and storytelling throughout the pandemic. In this context, the community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles within the structure of video ethnography were qualitatively designed to implement the ICT4D project culturally and ethically. Video recordings, image data, transcriptions, and the Ngarrindjeri ICT4DPondi (Murray Cod) framework were embedded to justify the findings and the aim of illustrating Aunty Ellen's knowledge-sharing process to online learners. Likewise, the results demonstrate the positive and negative impact of COVID-19on the continuity and orality of Aunty Ellen's cultural stories and practices.
The future continuity of Aunty Ellen's knowledge ought to consider the inconsistency of technological infrastructure in regional areas, her waning health, and the interconnectedness of oral expertise, which often pose challenges. This study is a small step toward a better understanding of the value of oral knowledge; emphasizing the creation of e-learning weaving instructional videos is valuable for future digital management of Indigenous knowledge relevant to LIS.
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Copyright 2022 The author(s). Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Association for Information Science and Technology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)