http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/05/technology-enhanced-stabilization-initiatives-for-at-risk-countries Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:31:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/05/technology-enhanced-stabilization-initiatives-for-at-risk-countries#comment-404 Susan Smith Nash Sat, 24 May 2003 03:46:00 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/05/technology-enhanced-stabilization-initiatives-for-at-risk-countries#comment-404 the radical democracy of this is very exciting: "Posting of news and relevant information about each group so that they have an opportunity to present themselves as they see themselves" - it is hard to imagine an institution more capable than the Internet of promoting this kind of expressive identification. in doing research on Native American cultures here in the United States and Canada, you can see how the Internet is able to serve that purpose - identifying a culture both inwardly, providing a focus for tribal activities, but also turning that expression outwards, so that others can learn from it. when you look at the tribal websites, you can see many of the features you outlined here at work in our own "at-risk" American world. the radical democracy of this is very exciting: “Posting of news and relevant information about each group so that they have an opportunity to present themselves as they see themselves” - it is hard to imagine an institution more capable than the Internet of promoting this kind of expressive identification. in doing research on Native American cultures here in the United States and Canada, you can see how the Internet is able to serve that purpose - identifying a culture both inwardly, providing a focus for tribal activities, but also turning that expression outwards, so that others can learn from it. when you look at the tribal websites, you can see many of the features you outlined here at work in our own “at-risk” American world.

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