Decolonising Digital Media and Indigenisation of Participatory Epistemologies: Languages of the Global South
Oxford: Routledge (2024), xvi, 210 pp.
Contains tables, index
Series: Routledge Research on Decoloniality and New Postcolonialisms Series
ISBN 978-1-04-010998-4 (ebook); 978-1-032-80469-9 (pbk)
"The book provides valuable insights on decolonising the digital media landscape and the indigenisation of participatory epistemologies to continue the legacies of indigenous languages in the global South. It is one of its kind as it climaxes that the construction phase of self-determining and redefining among the global South societies is an essential step towards decolonising the digital landscape and ensuring that indigenous voices and worldviews are equally infused, represented, and privileged in the process of higher-level communication, exchanging epistemic philosophies, and knowledge expressions. The book employs an interdisciplinary approach to engage in the use of digital media as a sphere for resistance and knowledge transformation against the persistent colonialism of power through dominant non-indigenous languages and scientific epistemic systems. It further advocates that decolonising digital media spaces through appreciating participatory epistemologies and their languages can help promote the inclusion and empowerment of indigenous communities. It indicates that the decolonial process can also help to redress the historical and ongoing injustices that have disadvantaged many indigenous communities in the global South and contributed to their marginalisation." (Publisher description)
Introduction: A Decolonial Study of Digital Media and the Epistemic Indigenisation of the Indigenous Future / Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise and Shumani Eric Madima, 1
PART I: DECOLONISING DIGITAL SPACE AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE PRESERVATION
1 Decolonial Thinking of Digital Media Inequalities and Indigenous Language Marginalisation of the Global South from the South African Context / Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise, 17
2 Preservation of Indigenous Languages, Changes in Digital Media, Social Development, and Family Communication / Emmanuel Ezimako Nzeaka and Beryl A. Ehondor, 40
3 Decoloniality of the Internet: Linguistic Revolution of the Marginalised Minority South African Indigenous Languages / Shumani Eric Madima and Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise, 60
4 Incorporating Indigenous Language in TikTok Content Creation: Influence of IsiZulu in Content Creation / Khatija BiBi Khan, 77
PART II: EPISTEMIC DECOLONIAL NARRATIVES, DIGITAL HUMOUR, AND POSTCOLONIAL PARTICIPATORY EPISTEMOLOGIES
5 Convergence between Educommunication and Good Living: Decolonial Narratives of Other Possible Futures / Thais Brianezi, 97
6 "Tlen quihtoa moyollo?" – "What does your heart tell you?": Language Revitalisation and Postcolonial Cultural Education among the #Nahuatl Language Teaching Community on TikTok / Amanda R. Ruschak, 112
7 Chasu: A Favoured Medium in Endearment and Amusement in Online Chats by Chasu Native Speaker Multilinguals in Tanzania / Erasmus Akiley Msuya, 131
PART III: EPISTEMOLOGIES OF MARGINALISED GROUPS AND DIGITAL PRESENCE OF NATIVE LANGUAGES
8 The Revalorisation of the Native Languages in the New Bolivia: Strategies for Changing Minds towards the Democratic and Cultural Revolution / Eduardo Lopez Rosse, 149
9 Revitalising Endangered Languages through Social Media: A Case Study of Olunyore Language Preservation through Facebook in Kenya / Jackline U. Lidubwi and John O. Ndavula, 163
10 Visibility of Indigenous Groups through Creativity and Social Networks in Mexico / Eva Citlali Martínez Estrella, 175
11 Promoting the Use of the Nama Language on YouTube in a Democratic South Africa / Edgar Julius Malatji, Nhlayisi Cedrick Baloyi, Mawethu Glemar Mapulane, Amukelani Collen Mangaka, and Rudzanimbilu Muthambi, 186
PART I: DECOLONISING DIGITAL SPACE AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE PRESERVATION
1 Decolonial Thinking of Digital Media Inequalities and Indigenous Language Marginalisation of the Global South from the South African Context / Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise, 17
2 Preservation of Indigenous Languages, Changes in Digital Media, Social Development, and Family Communication / Emmanuel Ezimako Nzeaka and Beryl A. Ehondor, 40
3 Decoloniality of the Internet: Linguistic Revolution of the Marginalised Minority South African Indigenous Languages / Shumani Eric Madima and Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise, 60
4 Incorporating Indigenous Language in TikTok Content Creation: Influence of IsiZulu in Content Creation / Khatija BiBi Khan, 77
PART II: EPISTEMIC DECOLONIAL NARRATIVES, DIGITAL HUMOUR, AND POSTCOLONIAL PARTICIPATORY EPISTEMOLOGIES
5 Convergence between Educommunication and Good Living: Decolonial Narratives of Other Possible Futures / Thais Brianezi, 97
6 "Tlen quihtoa moyollo?" – "What does your heart tell you?": Language Revitalisation and Postcolonial Cultural Education among the #Nahuatl Language Teaching Community on TikTok / Amanda R. Ruschak, 112
7 Chasu: A Favoured Medium in Endearment and Amusement in Online Chats by Chasu Native Speaker Multilinguals in Tanzania / Erasmus Akiley Msuya, 131
PART III: EPISTEMOLOGIES OF MARGINALISED GROUPS AND DIGITAL PRESENCE OF NATIVE LANGUAGES
8 The Revalorisation of the Native Languages in the New Bolivia: Strategies for Changing Minds towards the Democratic and Cultural Revolution / Eduardo Lopez Rosse, 149
9 Revitalising Endangered Languages through Social Media: A Case Study of Olunyore Language Preservation through Facebook in Kenya / Jackline U. Lidubwi and John O. Ndavula, 163
10 Visibility of Indigenous Groups through Creativity and Social Networks in Mexico / Eva Citlali Martínez Estrella, 175
11 Promoting the Use of the Nama Language on YouTube in a Democratic South Africa / Edgar Julius Malatji, Nhlayisi Cedrick Baloyi, Mawethu Glemar Mapulane, Amukelani Collen Mangaka, and Rudzanimbilu Muthambi, 186
