The use of information and communication technology for the preservation of Aboriginal culture: the Badimaya people of Western Australia

K. Michael, University of Wollongong
L. Dunn, University of Wollongong

Article comments

This book chapter was originally published as: Michael, K & Dunn, L, The use of information and communication technology for the preservation of Aboriginal culture: the Badimaya people of Western Australia, in L. Dyson (ed), Information Technology and Indigenous People, Idea Group Publishing, 2006. Original book available here.

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been applied successfully to numerous remote Indigenous communities around the world. The greatest gains have been made when requirements have been first defined by Indigenous members of the community then pattern matched to an ICT solution.