The new knowledge politics of digital colonialism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4139965
AutoresJason C Young (0000-0003-2537-4255, Technology & Social Change Group, Information School, University of Washington, United States, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen51
Número7
Páginas1424-1441
Fecha de publicación2019-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308518x19858998
OpenAlexW2949382116
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas29
Referencias citadas43

While the impacts of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on society have been extensively studied, the most nuanced research approaches continue to focus on urban geographies in the Global North. There remains a paucity of critical work that focuses on ICT use in Indigenous, rural, and Global South communities. This paper responds to that gap by critically examining how the introduction of ICTs within Indigenous communities can exert epistemic violence against local knowledge systems. It does so through a case study of ICT usage within an Inuit community in the Canadian Arctic. I use a combination of participant observation, archival research, and semi-structured interviews to ask how the introduction of ICTs is transforming knowledge politics that impact Inuit Qaujimaningit (IQ; Inuit knowledge). I find that digital engagement erodes key components of the IQ system, including social practices within Inuit communities, travel outside of the community, and experiential learning while outside of the community. These findings have implications for the study of global digital geographies, applied research within the area of ICT for development, and Indigenous engagements with emerging technologies

Digital divide · Experiential knowledge · Experiential learning · Indigenous · Information and Communications Technology · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Geographic Information Systems Studies · ICT in Developing Communities · Social Media and Politics