Plugging in indigenous knowledge: Connections and innovations

David M. Nathan · 2000 · Australian aboriginal studies/Australian Aboriginal studies

Summary. Indigenous Australians participated vigorously in early World Wide Web development, creating high-quality sites that expressed diverse purposes and styles. The Web's properties—hypertext, multimedia, and collaborative features—encouraged Indigenous participation while reducing conventional media gatekeeping. Indigenous-run sites remained proportionally high, Indigenous publishing became significant on the Web landscape, and concerns about appropriation and misrepresentation proved unfounded.

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Australia

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Oceania

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broadband-and-digital, indigenous-innovation

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2026-04-28