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The Impact of Social Media in Conserving African Languages Amongst Youth in Limpopo Province
University of Limpopo, Doctoral Thesis (2019), xviii, 286 pp.
"This study focuses on the impact of social media towards conserving African languages, particularly Sepedi, Tshivenda and Xitsonga. Social media are given attention to explore their impact in conserving African languages amongst youth. Youth is a suitable group to focus on as they are the future an
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African Language Digital Media and Communication
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xi, 236 pp.
"This book analyses the online presence of African language media. The chapters in the book focus on the speed, structure, content, navigation and interactivity, operations and performance, and audience of the online media. They also pay particular attention to how social media such as Facebook, Twi
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Techio comunitario: Caminos hacia un programa de formación en comunicación indígena
Revista NuestrAmérica, volume 6, issue 12 (2018), pp. 22-35
"A partir de la experiencia de investigación participativa y la construcción de un programa de formación de técnicos comunitarios en México, en este texto se problematizan las características, retos y posibilidades de la comunicación indígena. La invitación que hacemos es a reflexionar sobr
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Apropiarse de las redes para fortalecer la palabra: Una introducción al activismo digital de lenguas indígenas en América Latina
Leiden: Global Voices (2016), 35 pp.
"Del análisis de los quince estudios de caso se desprende un complejo retrato del trabajo que encabezan actores indígenas y no indígenas para que los idiomas nativos del continente ganen espacios y se visibilicen en la esfera digital. El estudio muestra que las formas de hacer activismo digital d
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Internet on the Outstation: The Digital Divide and Remote Aboriginal Communities
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2016), 225 pp.
Aplicación web para recopilar, difundir y aprender lenguas originarias del sur de México: Una perspectiva desde los hablantes
Salud y Administración, volume 3, issue 7 (2016), pp. 19-31
"En este trabajo se presenta una propuesta que pretende jugar un papel importante en la revitalización cultural, al preservar, mantener y fomentar el uso de las lenguas originarias; al crear un sistema para el aprendizaje colaborativo, donde los usuarios aportan la base de información (vocabulario
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Kenya Decides: Kiswahili, Social Media and Politics in Kenya’s 2013 General Elections
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2015), pp. 165-183
"In contrast to most recent studies focusing on how ICT and new media were catalysts for the 2007/08 post-election violence, this article will shed light on the role of Kiswahili and social media in the process of fostering participation in the 2013 general election campaigns. It takes a closer look
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The Elearning Africa Report 2013
Deep Insights
ICWE (2013), 61 pp.
"The report highlights the views of 413 eLearning practitioners on priorities for the post-2015 development agenda. Not only can we now take stock of our collective endeavour to reach the Education for All objectives and the Millennium Development Goals, but it is also our moment in Namibia to consi
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African Languages in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenous Language Computing
Cape Town; Ottawa: HSRC Press; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), xvi, 150 pp.
"This book is the result of several years of observation, analysis, consultation and synthesis of the adaptation of ict s to local languages in Africa. The goal of the Pan Africa Localization project led by Don Osborn was to closely track the progress of ict s in African languages and clearly identi
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Von Pfeil und Bogen zum "Digitalen Bogen": Die Indigenen Brasiliens und das Internet
Deep Insights
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2009), 253 pp.
"Seit den 1980er Jahren setzt sich die indigene Bevölkerung Brasiliens verstärkt für ihre Rechte in der Gesellschaft ein. Kommunikation spielt hierbei eine entscheidende Rolle - besonders das Internet gewinnt als Medium im Alltag indigener Gemeinschaften immer mehr an Bedeutung. Aber wie wird das
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Native on the Net: Indigenous and Diasporic Peoples in the Virtual Age
London; New York: Routledge (2006), xi, 338 pp.
"From the Taino Indians of the Caribbean, the U’wa of the Amazon rainforest, and the Tunomans and Assyrians of Iraq, to the Tingas and Zapatistas, Native on the Net is a lively and intriguing exploration of how new technologies have enabled these previously isolated peoples to reach new levels of
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Media, Identity and the Public Sphere in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Leiden: Brill (2003), 194 pp.
"The essays in this collection reveal that the social and political development of post-apartheid South Africa depends to an important degree on the evolving cultural, social and political identities of its diverse population and on the role of the media of mass communications in the country's new m
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Sitios Mapuches en Internet: Reimaginando la Identidad
Revista Chilena de Antropología Visual, issue 3 (2003), pp. 59-83
"La idea de este artículo es analizar los sitios Mapuche en internet, intentando dar cuenta de las diferencias que existen en cada uno de ellos respecto a la construcción que se está haciendo de “lo Mapuche” y el uso que se le está dando a estas imágenes desde tres particulares miradas o l
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