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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington,
[2017]
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Edition: | First edition. |
Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Summary: | "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."-- |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780295741833 |