This paper presents an overview of the effects of electric power generation and transmission on indigenous communities in Brazil. According to data from FUNAI (the Brazilian government's Board of Indian Affairs), there are 156 cases of direct impact, present or future, of the electric power sector on Indian settlements geographically distributed throughout Brazil, 65% of which are located in th...

This paper unpacks the finesse and intricacies with which some of pre-colonial pre-modern sound-producing instruments were conceived built in South Asia using indigenous technologies. The argues that these technologies as sophisticated technology we know today from a Western modernist colonialist understanding it riding on ideas control, surveillance exploitati...

This monograph contains the results of a study carried out by the Yakutsk Research Center for Complex Medical Problems, "Evaluating the health of the indigenous minorities of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and optimizing medical assistance using innovative technologies and telemedicine in indigenous settlements." The child population was studied in 19 indigenous minority settlements, and the adul...

Indigenous cultures have experienced a renaissance over the past 5-10 years as indigenous communities have recognized the importance of documenting and sharing their cultural heritage and history. This has coincided with the explosion of the internet and the widespread application of multimedia technologies to the construction of large online cultural collections. Together these developments ha...

purpose: the rural areas of iran have faced many challenges during 1990s and 2000s due to the failure of development programs, persistent draughts, vulnerability of rural economics and their consequences, including lack of employment opportunities and increasing migrations to urban districts. therefore it is necessary to identify the potentials of indigenous knowledge, its prospects and challen...

Tourism is seen as an industry that has the potential to provide sustainable economic foundations for indigenous communities in Australia. This article identifies online technology as contributing to the capacity for indigenous communities to access the benefits of tourism. Indigenous communities engaged in tourism can utilize the Internet to supply the tourism product as well as deliver much n...

Despite being acknowledged as one of the most important sectors in a developing economy, the role of the construction industry in developing countries is still being undermined by lack of appropriate attention to the development of the industry and its contractors. These issues having been highlighted during the past twenty years by various international organisations; governments of developing...