Transnationalism, Indigenous Knowledge and Technology

Abstract

Our paper investigates how current digital technologies are sufficient, or insufficient, in supporting Kenyan transnationals in practising indigenous knowledge. We first outline a view of indigenous knowledge, and then apply it to a study of Kenyan diasporans living in Australia. The findings are framed as nine techniques for sustaining displaced practising of indigenous knowledge. These appropriations suggest directions for technology innovation, providing design considerations for technologies that translate, formulate and support indigenous knowledge in transnational contexts.

Intersectional HCI

“…There are more than 10 experimental studies in the corpus that compared participants based on a binary male/female gender difference. Papers outside the a priori umbrella category that focus on gender a posteriori compare groups statistically by gender [67,80], detail gender's relationship to knowledge and social roles [8,45], talk about gender as it relates to sexual expression and experience [10,43], or discuss gender as it relates to sexual harassment and violence [1,5,84].…”

“…Further, the number of papers that matched race keywords a priori was nearly the same number of papers that were coded for focus on race a posteriori. Focus on race was comprised of one or more of the following: 1) selecting participants from specific sets of racial or ethnic groups [15,75,104], 2) developing or evaluating HCI interventions aimed at helping individuals from a particular racial or ethnic group [46,76,89], or 3) detailing the ways race or ethnicity impact technology use, appropriation, or creation [8,50,102].…”

“…Explicit author self-disclosures were often embedded in the methodology section [8,49,59] or in marked sub-sections. These subsections had a variety of titles, like "Self Disclosure" [39], "Researcher Stance" [100,103], "Research Values" [82], and "Ethical Considerations" [6].…”

“…The substance of the disclosers varied greatly. They were about previous relationships with participants [17,40,100,103], building relationships with participants [20,71], values statements [6,82], or author-subject power dynamics [8,25].…”

Perspectivas de las investigaciones en torno al conocimiento indígena y las TIC: Un enfoque de-colonial

“…Transnationalism, indigenous knowledge and technology: Iinsights from the Kenyan diaspora (Awori et al, 2015) -Encontraron un interés inesperado en jóvenes por el conocimiento indígena -Se hace hincapié en más que la preservación el cultivo del conocimiento indígena.…”