Network sovereignty : building the Internet across Indian Country / Marisa Elena Duarte

Object Details

Contents: Network thinking -- Reframing ICTs in Indian Country -- The overlap between technology and sovereignty -- Sociotechnical landscapes -- TDVnet -- Red Spectrum Communications -- Many voices, many solutions at the 2012 Tribal Telecom and Technology Summit -- Lakota network -- Self-determination -- Navajo Nation -- Internet for self-determination -- Network sovereignty -- Decolonizing the technological -- Conclusion
Summary: "The histories of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are intertwined with U.S. histories of colonization, and the sovereignty and self-determination of Native peoples. This book examines case studies of tribal governments building out broadband infrastructures--the infrastructures that undergird uses of ICTs such as mobile phones, computers, databases, and streaming radio--to reveal how the processes of network design and deployment embed these information and communication infrastructures within the ongoing exercise of tribal sovereignty in the U.S."--Provided by publisher.

2017

21st century

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic: Communication; Indians of North America--Computer networks; Broadband communication systems; Telecommunication systems; Internet; Indians of North America--Government relations--History; Information technology--Government policy; Information technology--Social aspects; Digital divide; Sovereignty--History