Digital songlines: the adaption of modern communication technology at Yuendemu, a remote Aboriginal Community in Central Australia
Details:
Title
Digital songlines: the adaption of modern communication technology at Yuendemu, a remote Aboriginal Community in Central Australia,
Creator
Buchtmann, Lydia,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Thesis (M.ARes) University of Canberra,
Date
2000-04,
Description
"This thesis examines the use of modem communication technology by the Warlpiri over this sixteen year period and it also delves back a little further to examine if the Warlpiri were interested in media prior to Michaels' arrival. It will look at the impact of the introduction o fthe new electronic media on this remote Aboriginal community. Particularly, it examines what seems to be an anomaly. Rather than resisting the new technology, as they had with many other European practices, the Warlpiri at Yuendemu appear to have embraced the new medium and used it for their own purposes to tum the tables on their colonisers and produce programs from their own viewpoint, It will also look briefly at similar developments in broadcasting ill other remote Aboriginal communities as well as indigenous broadcasting developments in Canada and New Zealand." - Introduction,
Table of contents
Introduction -- Methodology -- The introduction of media technology-the theoretical basis of the thesis -- Indigenous broadcasting policy development in Australia and a comparison with New Zealand and Canada -- The first phase of Warlpiri communication: an early interest in the media prior to the arrival of broadcasting -- The second and third phases of Warlpiri communication: the arrival or BRACS and CAAMA and Imparja and digital broadcasting and online services -- Research question findings -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1-3 -- References,
Language
English,
Subject
Aboriginal Australians,
Warlpiri,
Social aspects,
Mass media,
Social conditions,
Television broadcasting,