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Appropriate computer-mediated communication: An Australian indigenous information system case study
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Appropriate computer-mediated communication: An Australian indigenous information system case study

A. Turk and K. Trees
AI & Society, Vol.13(4), pp.377-388
1999
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This article discusses ways to operationalise the concept of culturally appropriate computer-mediated communication, utilising information systems (IS) development methodologies and adopting a postmodern and postcolonial perspective. By way of illustration, it describes progress on the participative development of the Ieramugadu Cultural Information System. This project is designed to develop and evaluate innovative procedures for elicitation, analysis, storage and communication of indigenous cultural heritage information. It is investigating culturally appropriate IS design techniques, multimedia approaches and ways to ensure protection of secret/sacred information. Ethical issues are foregrounded.

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