1st Edition

Native on the Net Indigenous and Diasporic Peoples in the Virtual Age

By Kyra Landzelius Copyright 2006
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

Exploring the influence of the Internet on the lives of indigenous and diasporic peoples, Kyra Landzelius leads a team of expert anthropologists and ethnographers who go on-site and on-line to explore how a diverse range of indigenous and transnational diasporic communities actually use the Internet. From the Taino Indians of the Caribbean, the U’wa of the Amazon rainforest, and the... Read more

Acknowledgements  1. Introduction: Native on the Net?  Kyra Landzelius  2. Remote Indigenous Communities in Australia: Questions of Access, Information, and Self-Determination  Alopi S. Latukefu  3.  Canadian Aboriginal Peoples Tackle E-Health: Seeking Ownership versus Integration  Valerie Gideon  4.  A Screen of Snow and Recognition Reigned Supreme? Journeys into the Homeland of a Greenlandic Webpage Neil Blair Christensen  5. On line, Off line and In line: Zapatista Rebellion and the Uses of Technology by Indian Women Marisa Belausteguigoitia  6. The Meta-Native and the Militant Activist: Virtually Saving the Rainforest Kyra Landzelius  7. Amerindian@Caribbean: Internet Indigeneity in the Electronic Generation of Carib and Taino Identities Maximilian C. Forte  8. Debating Language and Identity Online: Tongans on the Net Helen Lee  9. Deterritorialized People in Hyperspace: Creating and Debating Harari Identity over the Internet Camilla Gibb  10. Negotiating Nationhood on the Net: The Case of the Turcomans and Assyrians of Iraq Halal Fattah  11. Discussion Lists and Public Policy on iGhana: Chimps and Feral Activists John Philip Schaefer  12. The Transformation of Discourse Online: Toward a Holistic Diagnosis of the Nature of Social Inequality in Burundi Rose M. Kadende-Kaiser  13. Ch(c0de): Virtual Occupations, Encrypted Identities, and the Al-Aqsa Intifada William C. Taggart  14. Internet Counter Counter-Insurgency: TamilNet.com and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka Mark Whitaker  15. Cyberethnography: Reading South Asian Digital Diasporas Radhika Gajjala  16. Postscript: Vox Populi from the Margins? Kyra Landzelius

Biography

Kyra Landzelius