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Computer-mediated communication in Nunavut
Forbes, Judith Lynn
| Originalveröffentlichung: |
| (1998) http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0019/MQ37529.pdf |
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| BK - Klassifikation: |
| 73.64 |
| Sondersammelgebiete: |
| 6.33 Indigene Völker Nordamerikas und der Arktis |
| DDC-Sachgruppe: |
| Ethnologie |
| Dokumentart: |
| Bericht / Forschungsbericht / Abhandlung |
| ISBN: |
| 0-612-37529-3 |
| Sprache: |
| Englisch |
| Erstellungsjahr: |
| 1998 |
| Publikationsdatum: |
| 23.04.2009 |
| Kurzfassung auf Deutsch: |
| cademic study of communication in Canadian Inuit
communities has focused on the introduction of
successive waves of communication media such as print,
radio and television. One of the reasons for this
scholarly interest may be that issues of culture,
language and self-determination are more readily
apparent in a context that is isolated from the rest of
the country and yet in constant contact with the
dominant culture. As Inuit prepare for the creation of
their new Canadian territory of Nunavut in April, 1999,
they must address the desired role of information
technology and the development of a more modern
communication infrastructure. Computer-mediated
communication is expected to play an important part in
compensating for remoteness and isolation. While there
has not yet been extensive academic study of computers
in the North, there has been much discussion and
enthusiastic conjecture about their utility. This
thesis proposes that an appraisal of the potential of
information technology in Nunavut requires an analysis
of the computer as a material commodity and as a tool
for the furtherance of goals of community development,
cultural perpetuation and identity formation.
Integrating theory and application in a policy research
approach, it elaborates on issues that are already
being debated by Nunavumiut. It seeks to deflate widely
propagated expectations of technology and to frame new
challenges in light of Inuit political and
communication achievements. Finally, it recommends a
regional policy shift in order to incorporate a
contextual, cultural understanding as part of computer
training. This adaptive policy would be supported by
the familiar mechanisms of community activism and
pan-Nunavut leadership. |
