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Network Sovereignty : Building the Internet across Indian Country /

"The histories of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are intertwined with U.S. histories of colonization, and the sovereignty and self-determination of Native peoples. This book examines case studies of tribal governments building out broadband infrastructures--the infrastructure...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Duarte, Marisa Elena (auteur.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington, [2017]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The histories of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are intertwined with U.S. histories of colonization, and the sovereignty and self-determination of Native peoples. This book examines case studies of tribal governments building out broadband infrastructures--the infrastructures that undergird uses of ICTs such as mobile phones, computers, databases, and streaming radio--to reveal how the processes of network design and deployment embed these information and communication infrastructures within the ongoing exercise of tribal sovereignty in the U.S."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9780295741833