In this exciting interdisciplinary collection, scholars, activists,
and media producers explore the emergence of Indigenous media:
forms of media expression conceptualized, produced, and created by
Indigenous peoples around the globe. Whether discussing Maori
cinema in New Zealand or activist community radio in Colombia, the
contributors describe how native peoples use both traditional and
new media to combat discrimination, advocate for resources and
rights, and preserve their cultures, languages, and aesthetic
traditions. By representing themselves in a variety of media,
Indigenous peoples are also challenging misleading mainstream and
official state narratives, forging international solidarity
movements, and bringing human rights violations to international
attention. Global Indigenous Media addresses Indigenous
self-representation across many media forms, including feature
film, documentary, animation, video art, television and radio, the
Internet, digital archiving, and journalism. The volume's sixteen
essays reflect the dynamism of Indigenous media-making around the
world. One contributor examines animated films for children
produced by Indigenous-owned companies in the United States and
Canada. Another explains how Indigenous media producers in Burma
(Myanmar) work with NGOs and outsiders against the country's brutal
regime. Still another considers how the Ticuna Indians of Brazil
are positioning themselves in relation to the international
community as they collaborate in creating a CD-ROM about Ticuna
knowledge and rituals. In the volume's closing essay, Faye Ginsburg
points out some of the problematic assumptions about globalization,
media, and culture underlying the term "digital age" and claims
that the age has arrived. Together the essays reveal the crucial
role of Indigenous media in contemporary media at every level:
local, regional, national, and international. Contributors: Lisa
Brooten, Kathleen Buddle, Cache Collective, Michael Christie,
Amalia Cordova, Galina Diatchkova, Priscila Faulhaber, Louis
Forline, Jennifer Gauthier, Faye Ginsburg, Alexandra Halkin, Joanna
Hearne, Ruth McElroy, Mario A. Murillo, Sari Pietikainen, Juan
Francisco Salazar, Laurel Smith, Michelle Stewart, Pamela Wilson
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