#thismymob: Preserving and promoting indigenous Australian cultural heritage

Joel Fredericks, Christopher Lawrence

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Abstract

Mobile technologies have become an integral part of daily life in contemporary society thanks to the pervasiveness of smartphones and tablet devices. Over the past 30 years these technologies have evolved beyond their original mandate by permeating diverse social segments across the world. Many cultural heritage projects have adopted mobile technologies to catalogue and document culture and history. However, limited research has examined the potential of using mobile technologies as a mechanism to preserve and promote Indigenous cultural heritage. This work-in-progress paper outlines three distinct areas for the design and development of mobile technologies for Indigenous cultural heritage. We outline these as: (1) Establishing the notion of 'digital land rights' which asserts the rights of Indigenous people to a safe online space that they control; (2) Co-designing with a diverse group of Indigenous communities to build meaningful mobile experiences; and, (3) Documenting traditions within their unique context to preserve and promote Indigenous cultural history.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Mobile Access to Cultural Heritage co-located with 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI 2018)
EditorsSylvain Castagnos , Tsvi Kuflik , Ioanna Lykourentzou, Manolis Wallace
Place of PublicationAachen Germany
PublisherCEUR-WS
Number of pages7
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventWorkshop on Mobile Access to Cultural Heritage 2018 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 3 Sept 20183 Sept 2018
Conference number: 2nd
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2176/ (Proceedings)
https://mobilech2018.loria.fr/index.html (Website)

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Mobile Access to Cultural Heritage co-located with 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI 2018)
PublisherCEUR Workshop Proceedings
Volume2176
ISSN (Print)1613-0073

Conference

ConferenceWorkshop on Mobile Access to Cultural Heritage 2018
Abbreviated titlemobileCH 2018
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period3/09/183/09/18
Internet address

Keywords

  • Digital land rights
  • Indigenous Australia
  • Mobile technologies

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