CANS 315 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11/23: World War I, Digital Divide, Information Superhighway
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Use new tools to strengthen identity but also don"t forget past. Indg ppls saw internet as potential new medium to publish their stories. Indg ppls adapting things to their own uses. But also conscious of history/the importance of returning to/remembering it. Indg codetalkers in wwi and ii showed the relevance of indg culture in the modern world/ability to integrate technology. Words/concepts mean diff things in indg/settler philosophy, diff connotation. Indg ppls can remember physical beginnings in making the virtual domain their own (why we didn"t become roadkill on the information superhighway ) Settler society would not exist w/out help of indg ppls (internet included) Internet, like indg trade routes, is also place for sharing of knowledge. There is history of physical counting objects in indg cultures. Counting/numbers themselves were v important to indg ppls, key to survival. Still embedded in culture today, numbers/objects relationship continues. Objects b/come animate due to the sacred knowledge they hold.