Indigenous interfaces : spaces, technology, and social networks in Mexico and Central America / [edited by] Jennifer Gómez Menjívar and Gloria Elizabeth Chacón ; foreword by Arturo Arias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gómez Menjívar, Jennifer Carolina, editor.

Contributor:

Chacón, Gloria Elizabeth, editor.

Series:

Critical issues in indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet and Indigenous peoples--Mexico.

Internet and Indigenous peoples.

Internet and Indigenous peoples--Central America.

Indians of Mexico--Communication.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Social networks.

Indians of Central America--Communication.

Indians of Central America.

Indians of Central America--Social networks.

Social networks.

Communication.

Central America.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2019.

Summary:

Indigenous Interfaces rejects the myth that indigeneity and information technology are incompatible through its compelling analysis of the relationships between Indigenous peoples and new media. The volume illustrates how Indigenous peoples are selectively and strategically choosing to interface with cybertechnology, highlights Indigenous interpretations of new media, and brings to center Indigenous communities who are resetting modes of communication and redirecting the flow of information. It convincingly argues that interfacing with traditional technologies simultaneously with new media gives Indigenous peoples an edge on the claim to autonomous and sovereign ways of being Indigenous in the twenty-first century. -- back cover.

"This book explores how Indigenous people in Mesoamerica use social networks to alter, enhance, preserve, and contribute to self-representation"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I PROBLEMATIZING TECHNOLOGY

1. (Re)Technologizing the Word: Recording, Knowledge, and the Decolonial Aesthetics of Maya Ts'iib / Rita M. Palacios

2. Dule Molas: The Counterpoint-Counterplot Practice of the Traversable Cloth in (Non)Digital Realms / Sue P. Haglund

3. Using Technology to Revitalize Endangered Languages: Mixe and Chatino Case Studies / Tajeew Robles

pt. II CYBERSPATIAL NATION BUILDING

4. YouTubing Maya Rock: B'itzma Sobrevivencia's Aural Memory of Survival / Alicia Ivonne Estrada

5. Trafficked Babies, Exploded Futures: Jayro Bustamante's Ixcanul / Debra A. Castillo

6. Joysticks and Jaguars: Bribri-Inspired Games in Neoliberal Costa Rica / Mauricio Espinoza

pt. III INDIGENIZING SOCIAL MEDIA

7. Digitizing Ancestral Memory: Garifuna Settlement Day in the Americas and in Cyberspace / Paul Joseph Lopez Oro

8. In a Time of War and Hashtags: Rehumanizing Indigeneity in the Digital Landscape / Gabriela Spears-Rico

9. Tweeting in Zapotec: Social Media as a Tool for Language Activism / Brook Danielle Lillehaugen

10. From Facebook to Ixamoxtli: Nahua Activism through Social Networking / Adam Coon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816538003

081653800X

OCLC:

1090705612

Publisher Number:

99982437274