NEW MEDIA INFLUENCE IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
Indigenous people groups over the world have been influenced by the presentation of advances from remote societies for several years. Some have not incredibly changed their lifestyles, while others have totally changed identities toward one self, whole social orders and perspectives. Current advances, particularly telecommunication and machine innovations, permit indigenous assemblies to partake in the bigger social orders and economies around them. These innovations likewise empower them to save and advertise their lifestyle for their relatives and for our aggregate learning of mankind's history.
Various social researchers have addressed the potential held by information frameworks to
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The benefit of new media is clear not just in the account developments of aboriginal society history on their own terms, yet in coordinating it with Canadian innovation, embodied in the stream of TV. (Ginsburg et al., 2002: 41-42)
The Digital Songlines project focus is more than simple visualization, rather its mission is recreating an experience, a way of interacting with the country by identifying the key elements giving each place its special cultural significance that an Aboriginal group identifies within their tribal boundaries.
While "Traditional" virtual heritage reconstructions are frequently dependent on technology and their development mostly driven by it, Digital Songlines is dependent firstly on an understanding of the traditional cultural values attached to specific landscape by Aboriginal people and then on the methodology and process of integrating those values in the digital environment with a focus on significance and cultural relevance independent from the level of visual realism.
Aboriginal cultural custodians, knowledge owners, community leaders and the Indigenous academia has realised the need to act to preserve the evidences of the Australian Aboriginal heritage and also their culture itself to give young and future
How can you write about a culture whose history is passed on by oral traditions? Better yet, how can you comprehend a culture’s past which a dominant society desired to assimilate? These two questions outline the difficulty in understanding the historiography of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. In 2003, Paige Raibmon published her article, “Living on Display: Colonial Visions of Aboriginal Domestic Spaces.” Her work, although focused on Canada’s colonial “notions of domesticity,” presents the role of Aboriginals as performers to European notions of indigenous culture and identity. Early social historians believe that Aboriginals’ place in history is in their interactions with European Jesuits. A decade later, historians argue Aboriginals
The Australian Indigenous community hold extremely significant corrections to the land of Australia, of which they refer to as ‘Country.’ Indigenous people acquire deep meaning from the land, sea and the countless resources derived from them. This special relationship has formed for many centuries. To them ‘Country’ is paramount for overall wellbeing; the strong, significant, spiritual bonds embody their entire existence. Knowledge is continually passed down to create an unbroken connection of past,
The implications for remote indigenous communities with the rise of the Internet and the digital divide.
The land is a pivotal medium through which the Dreaming is communicated. Hence, when the High Court of Australia ruled that Australia’s land was occupied at the time of British settlement and overturned the notion of ‘Terra Nullius’, deeming it legally invalid, the opportunity was granted for Indigenous Australians to re-establish spiritual links with the land and their cultural
This Assessment will be my personal reflection and analysis of contemporary issues raised for post-colonial Indigenous Australians through two programs on the National Indigenous Television station (NITV), Living Black and NITV News. I will reflect on how these issues have impacted on the relationships between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians, and how Indigenous culture impacts 21st century Australia. Through this I will also consider my own feelings and opinions on how these issues are raised and considered.
In the last 60,000 years Australian indigenous knowledge has advanced through generations. Unlike western culture where knowledge becomes known through written text 's,Indigenous knowledge is developed by images, words, patterns, sounds, smells and tastes on different canvases such as sand, soil, the body and rocks (Blair 2008). Furthermore, Since British colonisation in 1788 threats to traditional indigenous knowledge existed then and more now in modern society. Main threats include agricultural and industrial developments, territorial pressures including deforestation, social and economic pressures including assimilation, poverty, education, loss of languages,political pressures,the recognition and standing of indigenous traditional knowledge including involvement in policy and legislative development, cultural integrity and globalisation. It is important that these threats are resolved and Indigenous knowledge is contexulizised into our education systems as it can bring a better understanding to Australian indigenous history.It is important that teachers incorporate indiginoues knowledge into classroom as It can also give students the ability to think comprehensively when exploring social problems in the environment and the awareness of the relationship that people share with their environment and also increase understanding and respect of other cultures (Rahman,2013)
The portrayal of Australia as a ancient, dramatic, and somewhat spiritual landscape, is not only shown in the exposition, but also in many landscapes to follow, one of these being the gorges encountered by Jedda and Marbuck towards the end of the film. This landscape was not only used as a representation of beauty, drama and the primeval nature of Australia, but also to create a sense of awe and wonder at the mysterious, almost supernatural qualities of this particular setting. To achieve this feeling of wonder, Chauvel has used extreme long shots to his advantage, placing Marbuck and Jedda against the towering background of high, rocky gorges, thus making them look, and creating a sense to the audience, that they are insignificant in this landscape. The use of soft European choral music also highlights the supernatural aspects of this landscape, representing the landscape as being one of high spiritual significance to the Aboriginal people. Although Chauvel has incorporated the music into this
Living close to nature or living in harmony with nature is the whole purpose of Aboriginal life. There was no superior and inferior status between humans and nature. In fact for aboriginals the land and all the creatures have become inseparable companions. (Eds Dwight N Hopkins, P.71) But over the decades after settlement in Australia, Europeans disturbed the bond aboriginals have established with nature. In the following poems, one can see the poignant agonies of aboriginals for the disappearance their culture.
Our landscapes are extremely important in Australian identity as they provide diversity in lifestyle, occupations, culture and history. Dawe and Mackellar use
A holistic and contextual understanding of indigenous communities in Australia alters the nature of research and the perception of history. Clint Bracknell’s article critiques historical research on the arts of Noongar Aboriginal peoples, and argues how song is not only an integral part of their identity but that it is through the insight of this form of communication that researchers comprehend how Noongar have adopted Western traditions but still remained close to their heritage. As a descendant from Noongar, situated in south-west of Australia, he is closely attached to this research, so it is understandable why his purpose is to encourage investigation into the archival records of song from Noongar peoples as to revitalise an indigenous
I acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. I acknowledge The Dharug people as the traditional custodians of Winmalee, Blue Mountains NSW. I pay my respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present. I am committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society.
Aboriginal artwork is a physical depiction of the ancestor sprits, which are connected and linked throughout the artwork. Which is linked back to the begging of time. During the creation period when the ancestor sprits dwelled the land leaving behind their remains and part of themselves behind in forms of rock art, caves implanting themselves in the land and playing a significant role in aboriginal artwork. Mostly all aboriginal art can be connected to scenery with various paintings depicting the substantial relationship between various features within the land. All aboriginal art should be viewed and considered as important and significant because they are basically the representations of relationships which are seen as lessons that impact and guide how the land is perceived and understood today. Whenever an aboriginal painting displays or ever represents particular structures and characteristics of the land its main focus is to be presented in a story like manner. The paintings and artwork symbolizes the continuing link with the country the land and the responsibilities that are tied to it. Paintings are a display that is incredibly important and hold a significant meaning. Paintings are seen as a radical act to display and express to the world that the aboriginal people posses the land and the land posses
Australian Aborigines are thought to have the longest continuous cultural history in the world. Yet, within a hundred years, the near extinction of the Aboriginal culture almost occurred. This single event, the invasion of the Australian continent by European settlers, changed the lifestyle, the culture, and the fate of Australian Aborigines. Their entire lives were essentially taken away and they were forced into a white, European world where the lifestyle change could not have been any different. Aborigines in Australia today are struggling to deal with a past in which they lost touch with their culture and now are trying to regain some of that cultural identity.
In this class, I was presented with an opportunity to reflect upon my personal knowledge of Indigenous
Indigenous people have been oppressed since colonization in the 1500’s, which resulted in the Indian Act of 1876 and Residential Schools, that lasted many generations. As a result, this created negative outcomes such as sexual assault and psychological abuse, leading to substance abuse, mental health, and suicide problems. The Canadian government’s, overall goal, was to Westernize Indigenous people in different parts of Canada. Due to this, Aboriginal people feel disconnected, deprived, lost and traumatized. As well as, being stripped out of their identities, with the lasting effects of inter-generational trauma passed to generations, with its present effects on the 21st century. As Frideres (2008) stated, “the new generation of Aboriginal people has grown up without assigned roles or groups that anchor Aboriginality so that identity can no longer be granted.” Many of them feel that in order for true healing to start the identity catastrophe must be settled first. This has brought me to wonder if the creation of social media has helped revive the Indigenous identity (Frideres, 2008). Through social media’s present effects and strength in this current day and age, social media has given marginalized groups a voice to be heard, allowing Indigenous people to use social media towards their advantage. The main question of my research is how does social media affect the Indigenous Identity? More specifically, the paper will focus on the research question, has social