Songlines to satellites : Indigenous communication in Australia to the South Pacific and Canada

Summary: Songlines to Satellites: Indigenous Communication in Australia, the South Pacific and Canada explores the developmental history and policy environments of the Indigenous media sectors in Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific Island countries and Canada. Helen Molnar and Michael Meadows detail how communication technologies have been pioneered by Indigenous communities and used as cultural, social and political resources. Songlines to Satellites is based on interviews with hundreds of Indigenous people in Australia, the South Pacific and Canada, over a thirteen-year period. From this research, Molnar and Meadows address key issues such as the convergence of communications and information technologies and the impact of globalization on Indigenous identity.

Record details

ISBN: 9781552660812
ISBN: 1552660818
Physical Description: print
258 p ; cm.
Publisher: Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand : Huia Publishers, 2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The voices of the people -- Australia -- Finding a voice: indigenous media policy development -- Speaking out: the emergence of indigenous newspapers and radio -- 'Cultural nerve gas' and cultural resources: Indigenous video, television and film -- Reaching out: the rise of radio -- A leap of faith: the emergence of 'big' television -- Negotiating control: the possibilities of 'small' television -- Syllabics and satellites: the rise of Aboriginal media -- 'Neutron bomb television' and Native air rights: policy development -- Conclusion: 'the way people want to talk ' -- Appendices: Figure 1. Indigenous media policy development in Australia -- Figure 2. Aboriginal newspapers in Australia: a selected chronology -- Figure 3. Indigenous broadcasting in Australia: a selected chronology -- Figure 4. Pacific island broadcasting: a selected chronology -- Figure 5. Aboriginal newspapers in Canada: a selected chronology -- Figure 6. Aboriginal broadcasting in Canada: a selected chronology -- Figure 7. Satellite broadcasting in Canada: a selected chronology -- Figure 8. Aboriginal broadcasting policy development in Canada: a selected chronology.