Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics, and Politics Book

Introduction Indigeneity and Indigenous Media on the Global Stage Pamela Wilson Wilson, Pamela 1

Pt. I From Poetics to Politics: Indigenous Media Aesthetics and Style

1 Imperfect Media and the Poetics of Indigenous Video in Latin America Juan Francisco Salazar Salazar, Juan Francisco Amalia Cordova Cordova, Amalia 39

2 "Lest Others Speak for Us": The Neglected Roots and Uncertain Future of Maori Cinema in New Zealand Jennifer Gauthier Gauthier, Jennifer 58

3 Cache: Provisions and Productions in Contemporary Igloolik Video Cache Collective 74

4 Indigenous Animation: Educational Programming, Narrative Interventions, and Children's Cultures Joanna Hearne Hearne, Joanna 89

Pt. II Indigenous Activism, Advocacy, and Empowerment Through Media

5 Media as Our Mirror: Indigenous Media of Burma (Myanmar) Lisa Brooten Brooten, Lisa 111

6 Transistor Resistors: Native Women's Radio in Canada and the Social Organization of Political Space from Below Kathleen Buddle Buddle, Kathleen 128

7 Weaving a Communication Quilt in Colombia: Civil Conflict, Indigenous Resistance, and Community Radio in Northern Cauca Mario A. Murillo Murillo, Mario A. 145

8 Outside the Indigenous Lens: Zapatistas and Autonomous Videomaking Alexandra Halkin Halkin, Alexandra 160

Pt. III Cultural Identity, Preservation, and Community-Building Through Media

9 The Search for Well-Being: Placing Development with Indigenous Identity Laurel Smith Smith, Laurel 183

10 "To Breathe Two Airs"; Empowering Indigenous Sami Media Sari Pietikainen Pietikainen, Sari 197

11 Indigenous Media as an Important Resource for Russia's Indigenous Peoples Galina Diatchkova Diatchkova, Galina214

12 Indigenous Minority-Language Media: S4C, Cultural Identity, and the Welsh-Language Televisual Community Ruth McElroy McElroy, Ruth 232

Pt. IV New Technologies, Timeless Knowledges: Digital and Interactive Media

13 Recollecting Indigenous Thinking in a CD-ROM Priscilla Faulhaber Faulhaber, Priscilla Louis Forline Forline, Louis 253

14 Digital Tools and the Management of Australian Aboriginal Desert Knowledge Michael Christie Christie, Michael 270

15 Rethinking the Digital Age Faye Ginsburg Ginsburg, Faye 287

References 307

About the Contributors 335

Index 341