What is it about?
Digital technologies have the potential to both benefit and harm indigenous culture. While more people can access indigenous cultural expressions and items, there are also problems of misappropriation and inappropriate use. This paper explores these issues in relation to two examples from Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Why is it important?
Our discussion highlights the factors that developers need to take into consideration when putting indigenous cultural items and artifacts online.
Perspectives
Writing this conceptual paper extended my knowledge of colonising practices in GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) institutions and differing perspectives on ownership, control and access.
Professor Anne Goulding
Victoria University of Wellington
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This page is a summary of: Indigenous Cultural Sustainability in a Digital World: Two Case Studies from Aotearoa New Zealand, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_5.
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