In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly determined that affordable Internet access is a human right, critical to citizen participation in democratic governments. Given the significance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to social and political life, many U.S. tribes and Native organizations have created their own projects, from streaming radio to building networks to telecommunications advocacy. In Network Sovereignty, Marisa Duarte examines these ICT projects to explore the significance of information flows and information systems to Native sovereignty, and toward self-governance, self-determination, and decolonization.

By reframing how tribes and Native organizations harness these technologies as a means to overcome colonial disconnections, Network Sovereignty shifts the discussion of information and communication technologies in Native communities from one of exploitation to one of Indigenous possibility.

Author: Marisa Elena Duarte
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 07/11/2017
Series: Indigenous Confluences
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780295741826


Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2018

About the Author

Marisa Elena Duarte is assistant professor of justice and sociotechnical change with the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University.