"Addressing a rarely-examined intersection, the magazine features eight articles highlighting the use of technology in Indigenous communities. These include AI’s role in exacerbating violence and inequality, the use of AI in tracking salmon migration, Indigenous representation in video games, and
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the use of Indigenous languages in coding. Focused on fighting for Indigenous Peoples’ rights and sovereignty, Cultural Survival herewith delves into Indigenous leaders as solution builders rather than simply excluded and discriminated against." (https://www.channelfoundation.org)
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"Imagining AI: How the World Sees Intelligent Machines is the first volume showcasing research into how different cultures around the globe envision life with artificial intelligence. AI is now a global phenomenon. Yet Hollywood narratives dominate perceptions of AI in the English-speaking West and
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beyond, and much of the technology itself is shaped by a disproportionately white, male, US-based elite. However, different cultures have been imagining intelligent machines since long before we could build them, in visions that vary greatly across religious, philosophical, literary and cinematic traditions. This book aims to spotlight these alternative visions. Imagining AI draws attention to the range and variety of visions of a future with intelligent machines and their potential significance for the research, regulation and implementation of AI. The book is structured geographically, with each chapter presenting insights into how a specific region or culture imagines intelligent machines. The contributors, leading experts from academia and the arts, explore how the encounters between local narratives, digital technologies, and mainstream Western narratives create new imaginaries and insights in different contexts across the globe. The narratives they analyse range from ancient philosophy to contemporary science fiction, and visual art to policy discourse. The book sheds new light on some of the most important themes in AI ethics, from the differences between Chinese and American visions of AI, to digital neo-colonialism. It is an essential work for anyone wishing to understand how different cultural contexts interplay with the most significant technology of our time." (Publisher description)
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"Paz y reconciliación son temas cruciales de nuestra historia. En la coyuntura de análisis y debates, La fiesta de las paces reflexiona sobre la construcción de la paz desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria y, lo que es más importante, desde voces no institucionales. Los autores demuestran que
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la paz desborda lo oficial y académico; rescatan esfuerzos cívicos, populares y sus distintas formas de expresión en el territorio. Los enfoques que aquí se compilan presentan a la paz desde miradas indígenas, negras, femeninas, artísticas, medioambientales y territoriales. No solo es la ausencia de guerra, sino la oposición a cualquier forma de violencia. La fiesta de las paces nos recuerda que la paz se celebra colectivamente y se vive en lo común. Es un llamado a liberar la fiesta, el humor, el relato y la alegría como elementos fundamentales en el camino hacia una paz auténtica y diversa." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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"Cet ouvrage porte sur les processus identitaires mis en ouvre depuis le développement d'Internet. Massen Allioui part du postulat que les caractéristiques des collectifs en ligne sont indissociables des contextes sociomédiatiques qui les ont produits. Ipso facto, pour les aborder, il analyse les
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interactions d'une minorité déterritorialisée, anthropologiquement constituée et revendiquant son identité «culturelle», les Kabyles. Dans une approche empirique interdisciplinaire, l'auteur les questionne et y apporte des réponses dans une démarche compréhensive qui tient compte de la relation qu'entretiennent les Kabyles avec le pouvoir, la mémoire et le territoire. Il réinterroge ensuite les théories de la mondialisation de la communication à la lumière de cette nouvelle donne introduite par les flux globaux." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"Maori data sovereignty, an extension of Indigenous data sovereignty, is gaining recognition as a vital element of data-related strategy, management, policy, and culture in New Zealand. Driven by the principles of tino-rangatiratanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Maori data sovereignty emphasizes Maori
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self-determination and control over their data. This article explores the significance of Maori data sovereignty within public and private sector organizations in New Zealand through interviews with data experts. The outcomes of this research highlight the importance of building relationships based on trust (whanaungatanga), asserting the right to selfdetermination (rangatiratanga), working collectively for the benefit of all (kotahitanga), and promoting learning and capacity building (akoranga) as key principles of Maori data sovereignty. While there is a growing recognition of Maori data sovereignty, power imbalances and the need for greater education and awareness persist. The study emphasizes the need for organizations to embrace a kaupapa Maori lens and tikanga Maori values to foster inclusive data cultures that uphold the rights and aspirations of Maori communities. Collaboration and further research are essential to advance Maori data sovereignty and integrate its principles into information policies and practices across sectors, thus promoting a data culture that respects Indigenous rights and collective well-being." (Abstract)
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"Long before the COVID-19 crisis, Mexican Indigenous peoples were faced with organizing their lives from afar, between villages in the Oaxacan Sierra Norte and the urban districts of Los Angeles, as a result of unauthorized migration and the restrictive border between Mexico and the United States. B
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y launching cutting-edge Internet radio stations and multimedia platforms and engaging as community influencers, Zapotec and Ayuujk peoples paved their own paths to a transnational lifeway during the Trump era. This meant adapting digital technology to their needs, setting up their own infrastructure, and designing new digital formats for re-organizing community life in all its facets—including illness, death and mourning, collective celebrations, sport tournaments, and political meetings—across vast distances. Author Ingrid Kummels shows how mediamakers and users in the Sierra Norte villages and in Los Angeles created a transborder media space and aligned time regimes. By networking from multiple places, they put into practice a communal way of life called Comunalidad and an indigenized American Dream—in real time." (Publisher description)
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"This document is a detailed report of best practices for the digital inclusion of speakers of endangered Indigenous languages. The proclamation of the period between 2022 and 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032), as per Resolution A/RES/74/135 from United Nation
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s General Assembly, shines a spotlight on the issue and invites the world to pay more attention to the critical and fragile situation of many Indigenous languages. This document aims to provide a blueprint for the addition of Indigenous languages into software in order to aid digital inclusion efforts, and to provide a set of recommended steps to follow in order to successfully achieve it. As new generations of Indigenous people increase their literacy and use of technology, it is crucial that they are able to use their native language in digital formats to avoid the endangerment and loss of language. With the main goals of promoting the written form of a language in a natural vehicle such as technology, bringing awareness to the endangered Indigenous languages and working towards their survival, Motorola has open-sourced over 800,000 translated Indigenous words as of April 2023 through its official website, enabling other OEMs and companies to promote the languages through their interfaces and paving the way for broader use and revitalization efforts." (Introduction)
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"Hoy más que nunca advertimos la necesidad de una Inteligencia Artificial (IA) que respete los derechos humanos y las perspectivas de los pueblos indígenas, destacando su papel en la preservación de identidades y patrimonios culturales indígenas. Es fundamental democratizar la IA, incluyendo una
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diversidad de voces en su desarrollo y aplicación y este es uno de los grandes objetivos de este reporte. En definitiva, este reporte es una invitación para entender la necesidad de una IA participativa que respete y se enriquezca con la diversidad cultural, convirtiéndose en una herramienta para el desarrollo sostenible y la promoción de libertades fundamentales. Se presenta como un llamado a la acción para incorporar activa y respetuosamente las perspectivas de los pueblos indígenas en la IA, apuntando hacia una futura sabiduría colectiva que honre la riqueza de las experiencias y conocimientos humanos. Todo esto, sobre la base de la Recomendación sobre la Ética en la Inteligencia Artificial de la UNESCO, que funciona como una brújula de orientación ética y un cimiento normativo mundial, que permitirá desarrollar IA al servicio de la sociedad, con especial énfasis a los grupos poblacionales más vulnerables, y respetuosa de los derechos humanos." (Prólogo, página 7)
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"This toolkit has been co-designed in close partnership with both established and emerging networks of Indigenous digital practitioners, language advocates, and collaborators, within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The toolkit promotes the foundation of l
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anguage preservation, revival, and promotion on eight key approaches: Facilitating, Multiplying, Normalizing, Educating, Reclaiming, Imagining, Defending and Protecting. It also offers a curated list of valuable resources, including guides, tutorials, and manuals for utilizing digital tools. In conjunction with the advisory group established for the toolkit’s preparation and other collaborating organizations, it presents a wealth of inspiring stories showcasing innovative projects that have made a significant impact on languages at local, national, or global levels." (Short summary)
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"This article examines, with ethnographic lenses, the emergence of shared networks in the Tseltal and Zapoteco communities in Chiapas and Oaxaca (Mexico). ‘Shared networks’ are first-mile signal-sharing practices that articulate interconnection infrastructure and values of coexistence to, in the
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cases studied, extend the internet to areas where the services of existing larger internet service providers are unsatisfactory or unavailable. It argues that by infrastructuring their own local networks and interconnecting to the global internet, Tseltal and Zapoteco people are effectively internet codesigners, building Latin-Centric Indigenous networks and shaping internet governance from below. When comunalidad values, supported by unlicensed frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum, towers, radio antennas, houses’ rooftops, routers, and cables, intersect with the values of the internet service providers and their policies, hybrids emerge. Shared networks are a result of what these hybrids enact and constrain, as well as evidence of the vivid struggles for a more inclusive and pluriversal internet." (Abstract)
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"Digital literacy research and practice typically presume certain conditions, such as an urban orientation and adequate, affordable access to connectivity and devices. But these conditions are not universal; for example, people in small, rural/remote Indigenous communities may seek to balance connec
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tivity challenges and digital innovations with land-based living specific to place and community. Drawing on efforts to broaden critical digital literacies to support Indigenous sovereignty, we consider how overlapping contexts of places, communities, and infrastructures intersect in the cocreation of appropriate digital literacy. Specifically, we discuss a series of virtually facilitated, participatory workshops that utilize “hacker literacies” and “infrastructure literacy” to reimagine connectivity infrastructure and demonstrate the potential of community networking in, with, and by rural/remote Indigenous communities. We also reflect on limitations of this work and identify lessons for future projects." (Abstract)
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"This book outlines how African language media is affected by politics, technology, culture, and the economy and how this media is creatively produced and appropriated by audiences across cultures and contexts. African language media can be considered as a tool for communication, socialization, and
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community that defines the various identities of indigenous people in Africa. This book shows how vernacular media outlets including radio and television, as well as native formats such as festivals, rituals and dance, can be used to influence all facets of local peoples' experience and understanding of community. The book also explores the relationship between African language media sources and contemporary issues including the digitalization conundrum, peace and conflict resolution, identity formation, hate speech and fake news. Furthermore, it shows how local media can be used for development communication purposes during health and environmental crises. The book includes cases studies demonstrating the uses, experiences and activities related to various forms of media available in African languages." (Publisher description)
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"Indigenous Language for Social Change Communication in the Global South brings together voices from the margins to engage in dialogue about common social change issues in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. This book argues that resistance and social movements, expressed in music and songs and exchang
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ed via radio, remain fundamental to ensure that the linguistic and cultural diversity of the world progresses despite colonizing pressures. Contributors present cases that explore how indigenous communities use mediums such as the radio to help support their language, identity, and expand their own social change. Highlighting the centrality of music in the development of political discussions and language as a central part of collective identity, contributors analyze how these mediums function as both a vessel and a link for information and cultural cohesion of those engaging in social change." (Publisher description)
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"Los tres aspectos que estructuran el análisis son las condiciones de la infraestructura y su sostenibilidad, los usos de internet, y los imaginarios desde/hacia otros mundos posibles, siguiendo la identificación de tres grupos de indicadores de unesco acerca de alfabetización digital y mediátic
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a. Se eligieron dos espacios de la Amazonía boliviana para conducir diálogos latin america in a glimpse: amazonía derechos digitales grupales y entrevistas individuales, cada uno situado en diferentes administraciones políticas regionales, con diferentes Áreas Protegidas y diferentes naciones indígenas, originarias, campesinas. En primer lugar, la localidad de Tumupasa en el municipio de San Buenaventura, en el norte del departamento de La Paz y, en segundo lugar, la ciudad de Cobija y dos de sus poblaciones aledañas: El Sena y Monte Sinaí, en el departamento de Pando [...] Los principales hallazgos se pueden resumir en tres ideas: 1. El acceso a internet en las regiones estudiadas es deficiente en infraestructura y calidad de servicio. El Estado tiene varias políticas, las que debe impulsar con mayor decisión para conducir un proceso de digitalización satisfactorio. Dotación y sostenibilidad del servicio eléctrico y de telecomunicaciones de calidad son acciones pendientes y urgentes. 2. La sociedad civil amazónica es activa en la gestión y presión sobre las autoridades para conseguir el servicio eléctrico, las radio bases y la sostenibilidad del servicio. A pesar de que esto es oneroso en tiempo y dinero, existen dirigencias que están destinados a estas gestiones. Esta fuerza organizativa, en coordinación con agentes estatales, puede ser un buen camino para la mejora del servicio de internet y sus usos educativos y productivos. 3. Los pueblos indígenas tienen amplias expectativas e imaginarios de internet como espacio para asegurar derechos de salud, educación, culturales, de autodeterminación y libertad de expresión. De esta manera, el acceso a internet con nociones de interculturalidad abre un nuevo reto para las políticas públicas ligadas a la tecnología." (Pages 4-5)
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