Youth empowerment and information and communication technologies: A case study of a remote Australian Aboriginal community

GeoJournal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 403-413

  Singleton, Guy ^a   Rola Rubzen, Maria Fay ^a,b   Muir, Kado ^a,c   Muir, Deeva ^c   McGregor, Murray ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Desert Knowledge CRC   (Australia)

^c Walkatjurra Cultural Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal ICT; Information and communication technologies; Participatory research; Traditional knowledge; Youth empowerment

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINAL ICT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; YOUTH EMPOWERMENT;

COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; EMPOWERMENT; GROUP SIZE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; YOUNG POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70350576712     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9277-6     Document Type: Article

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