Settler societies habitually frame Indigenous people as 'a people
of the past'-their culture somehow 'frozen' in time, their
identities tied to static notions of 'authenticity', and their
communities understood as 'in decline'. But this narrative erases
the many ways that Indigenous people are actively engaged in
future-orientated practice, including through new technologies.
Indigenous Digital Life offers a broad, wide-ranging account of how
social media has become embedded in the lives of Indigenous
Australians. Centring on ten core themes-including identity,
community, hate, desire and death-we seek to understand both the
practice and broader politics of being Indigenous on social media.
Rather than reproducing settler narratives of Indigenous
'deficiency', we approach Indigenous social media as a space of
Indigenous action, production, and creativity; we see Indigenous
social media users as powerful agents, who interact with and shape
their immediate worlds with skill, flair and nous; and instead of
being 'a people of the past', we show that Indigenous digital life
is often future-orientated, working towards building better
relations, communities and worlds. This book offers new ideas,
insights and provocations for both students and scholars of
Indigenous studies, media and communication studies, and cultural
studies.
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