Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet across Indian Country

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University of Washington Press, Jul 11, 2017 - Social Science - 208 pages

In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly determined that affordable Internet access is a human right, critical to citizen participation in democratic governments. Given the significance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to social and political life, many U.S. tribes and Native organizations have created their own projects, from streaming radio to building networks to telecommunications advocacy. In Network Sovereignty, Marisa Duarte examines these ICT projects to explore the significance of information flows and information systems to Native sovereignty, and toward self-governance, self-determination, and decolonization.

By reframing how tribes and Native organizations harness these technologies as a means to overcome colonial disconnections, Network Sovereignty shifts the discussion of information and communication technologies in Native communities from one of exploitation to one of Indigenous possibility.

 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
3
CHAPTER 1 Network Thinking
9
CHAPTER 2 Reframing ICTs in Indian Country
26
CHAPTER 3 The Overlap between Technology and Sovereignty ...
35
CHAPTER 4 Sociotechnical Landscapes
52
CHAPTER 5 Internet for SelfDetermination
89
CHAPTER 6 Network Sovereignty
104
CHAPTER 7 Decolonizing the Technological
122
CONCLUSION
141
Notes
145
Glossary
161
Bibliography
173
Index
185
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About the author (2017)

Marisa Elena Duarte is assistant professor of justice and sociotechnical change with the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University.

Bibliographic information

TitleNetwork Sovereignty: Building the Internet across Indian Country
Indigenous Confluences
AuthorMarisa Elena Duarte
Editionillustrated
PublisherUniversity of Washington Press, 2017
ISBN029574183X, 9780295741833
Length208 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Political Science / Political Process / Media & Internet
Social Science / Native American Studies
Technology & Engineering / History
  
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