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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">The information systems discipline (IS) has been at the forefront of helping organisations and society navigate the rapid terrain of technological change. However, despite decades of IS research,
very few studies have examined the ICT-related experiences and practices of Indigenous people, as well as the digital artefacts they develop. The lack of IS research on Indigenous people is surprising because, in the last few decades, Indigenous people have
purposefully begun using technology as a platform to reclaim their cultural identity and represent their cultural values in digital artefacts. The paucity of work in this domain may be both a cause and a consequence of the underrepresentation of indigenous
groups within IS. Western worldviews, theories and assumptions continue to dominate the IS literature and are accepted and taken for granted as the normal way of doing things.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Across the world, Indigenous people have been and, in many places continue to be, discriminated against and marginalised. This track is an invitation to IS scholars and practitioners to showcase
research for the Indigenous, of the Indigenous, and by the Indigenous to develop an inclusive understanding of information systems-related topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Exemplar topics and types of contributions looked-for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Topics of interest to the track include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Critical analysis of technology initiatives that involve Indigenous people<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Technology and decolonisation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Emancipatory role of digital technology for Indigenous people<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">The role of Indigenous knowledge and practices in technology initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Successful technology initiatives that embrace Indigenous knowledge and practices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Challenges associated with Indigenous technology initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Indigenous knowledge and its applications in a specific technological context<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">The role of technology in addressing social inequality and inequity among Indigenous communities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">The inclusion of Indigenous viewpoints in designing and developing technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Track Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn, Auckland University of Technology
<a href="mailto:angsana@aut.ac.nz">angsana@aut.ac.nz</a><br>
AntonioDiaz Andrade, Auckland University of Technology <a href="mailto:antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz">
antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz</a><br>
Amber Young, University of Arkansas <a href="mailto:ayoung@walton.uark.edu">ayoung@walton.uark.edu</a><br>
Harminder Singh, Auckland University of Technology <a href="mailto:harminder.singh@aut.ac.nz">
harminder.singh@aut.ac.nz</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Mini-tracks:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Digital technology and decolonization, Indigenous cultural reclamation and identity restoration </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Indigenous communities have had unique and somewhat mixed experiences with digital technology. In many cases, their experiences with digital technology have been described as being similar
to what they underwent during colonization, when the overarching goal was to assimilate Indigenous communities into Western culture. Today, the absence of Indigenous methods and theories, particularly in the IS literature and social studies more generally,
have led some researchers to use Western and/or Euro-centric methods to explore and explain Indigenous issues. Scholars have called this a process of colonization that marginalized Indigenous knowledge into Western frameworks. A decolonization of methods and
theories is called for in research. This mini-track welcomes decolonization research that showcases Indigenous perspectives, using Indigenous theories and methods, and highlights how Indigenous communities use digital technology to overcome oppression and
restore their Indigenous identity in society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Hameed Chughtai
<a href="mailto:h.chughtai@soton.ac.uk">h.chughtai@soton.ac.uk</a><br>
Devinder Thapa <a href="mailto:devinder.thapa@uia.no">devinder.thapa@uia.no</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Digital technology design and development for the Indigenous, of the Indigenous and by
the Indigenous </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Much of information systems research is dominated by the investigation of digital technology design and development that is embedded with Western worldviews. Moreover, the legacy of colonization
translates into information systems/technologies that neither recognize Indigenous worldviews nor considers Indigenous needs. Despite being subjected to decades of colonization and marginalization, Indigenous communities around the world are increasingly turning
to digital technology to serve their interests and goals. Instead of assuming that Indigenous communities are merely another group of technology developers, we need to recognize that Indigenous groups and Westerners have vastly different (and sometimes incompatible)
worldviews that are likely to reflect in different approaches to digital technology design and development. However, these differences are not always accounted for in the information systems literature. This mini-track welcomes research that takes into consideration
Indigenous worldviews in digital technology design and development. In particular, this track welcomes work that includes Indigenous people as the makers and developers of digital technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666">Andrea Jiminez
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666"><a href="mailto:a.jimenez@sheffield.ac.uk"><span lang="NO-BOK">a.jimenez@sheffield.ac.uk</span></a></span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666"><br>
Pitso Tsibolane </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666"><a href="mailto:pitso.tsibolane@uct.ac.za"><span lang="NO-BOK">pitso.tsibolane@uct.ac.za</span></a></span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NO-BOK"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Devinder Thapa, PhD (IE) & PhD (IS)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Professor – Information Systems (ICT4D)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Agder (UiA), Norway<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P.O. Box: 422, NO-4604 Kristiansand<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Building ‘H’, Room No:H1-039<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:devinder.thapa@uia.no"><span style="color:blue">devinder.thapa@uia.no</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: +47 3814-1419<o:p></o:p></p>
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