- Title
- Empowering Indigenous communities through digital interpretation
- Creator
- McGinnis, Gabrielle; Young, Tamara; Harvey, Mark
- Relation
- CAUTHE 2017: Time for Big Ideas? Rethinking the Field for Tomorrow. CAUTHE 2017 Conference Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference: Working Papers (Dunedin, New Zealand 07-10 February, 2017) p. 720-723
- Publisher
- Department of Tourism, University of Otago
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- This paper argues for increasing the use of digital knowledge-sharing to provide opportunities for Indigenous cultures to be shared by local communities via digital platforms. The research was conducted with members of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in Pine Creek in the Northern Territory of Australia. The findings reveal that by combining both traditional and digital means of sharing knowledges, digital tourism products can empower local communities involved in tourism, and educate tourists to conserve such knowledge for the long - term. However, digital products of local culture can only be sustainable if all stakeholders involved in the tourism product development have an understanding of how to use the platform and access the knowledge. This paper examines the skill-sets for technological application of knowledge among the Wagiman elders and youth, as well as the non-Indigenous community of Pine Creek.
- Subject
- Indigenous; tourism; technology; knowledge sharing; skill sharing; empowerment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1398476
- Identifier
- uon:34438
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780473388195
- Language
- eng
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