Papers by Sheryl A Day
Technology & Social Change Group and The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Apr 1, 2015
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Talking Story: The Militarization of Guåhan and Flows of Information in Chamoru Systems of Knowledge
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The Contemporary Pacific, 2014
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The Mobile Information Literacy curriculum is a growing collection of training materials designed... more The Mobile Information Literacy curriculum is a growing collection of training materials designed to build information literacies for the millions of people worldwide coming online every month via a mobile phone. Most information and digital literacy curricula were designed for a PC age, and public and private organizations around the world have used these curricula to help newcomers use computers and the internet effectively and safely. The better curricula address not only skills, but also concepts and attitudes. The central question for this project is: what are the relevant skills, concepts, and attitudes for people using mobiles, not PCs, to access the internet? As part of the Information Strategies for Societies in Transition project, we developed a six-module curriculum for mobile-first users. The project is situated in Myanmar, a country undergoing massive political, economic, and social changes, and where mobile penetration is expected to reach 80% by the end of 2015 from just 4% in 2014. Combined with the country’s history of media censorship, Myanmar presents unique challenges for addressing the needs of people who need the ability to find and evaluate the quality and credibility of information obtained online, understand how to create and share online information effectively, and participate safely and securely.
Download the accompanying Mobile Information Literacy Curriculum Slides at: http://tascha.uw.edu/publications/mobile-information-literacy-full-curriculum-slides/
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In this study, we report some of the results of a content analysis of 948 papers from peer-review... more In this study, we report some of the results of a content analysis of 948 papers from peer-reviewed journals and conferences published between 2000 and 2010 in the academic literature on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD or ICT4D). In particular, we present our analysis of types of research questions asked, preferred research methods, and paradigmatic stances exhibited in the published literature.. The dominant types of research questions are of descriptive, measurement or social change nature, while the preferred paradigmatic stances overall are interpretivist, positivist and pragmatic. The preferred research methods are qualitative, mixed methods and quantitative. Differences over time and differences across different journals and conferences are examined, and an exploratory analysis of combinations of these variables is suggested, to help define the nature of ICTD inquiry in the first decade of the 21st Century.
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Talks by Sheryl A Day
Myanmar is a country that is emerging from decades under military rule. While other societies hav... more Myanmar is a country that is emerging from decades under military rule. While other societies have had over 20 years to adjust to the advent of the Information Age through access to the Internet and Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), Myanmar has had to manage these significant advancements in a span of just 2-3 years. One of our early findings, that Facebook was the Internet in most people’s understanding, represents the kinds of challenges faced in Myanmar. This situation coupled with the severe limitations on academic and other institutions in Myanmar under an “Access Denied” culture presented unique complexities in addressing issues of information literacy in general. In this presentation, I will discuss the development process of the MIL, a Mobile Information Literacy Curriculum, from concept to creation, pilot, and finally implementation. I will describe the background and literature that informed our process particularly the EU DIGCOMP framework, the needs and requirements we analyzed in the Myanmar context, the settings and stakeholders particularly the notion of libraries in Myanmar, the deployment of the MIL through libraries and librarians in Myanmar, and our initial findings from this project towards a Mobile Information Literacy Framework.
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The Information Strategies for Societies in Transition program (http://tascha.uw.edu/projects/inf... more The Information Strategies for Societies in Transition program (http://tascha.uw.edu/projects/information-strategies-for-societies-intransition/) was developed to address the challenges Myanmar faces as it seeks to “catch-up” in the world’s most economically competitive region. The larger project has four major components: (1) building organizational capacity in civil society, political parties, the media, government ministries, and think tanks to design and implement effective and transparent information solutions; (2) developing and implementing mobile information literacy curricula; (3) growing the capacity of libraries to serve as trustworthy information hubs; and (4) piloting new platforms that tackle digital and information challenges in Myanmar. The program is supported by USAID, Microsoft, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Tableau Foundation. It is housed in the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and is run in collaboration with the Technology & Social Change Group in the University of Washington’s Information School. Five members of the project team (Mike Crandall from the UW Information School, Sara Curran from the UW Jackson School of International Studies, Neal Myrick from the Tableau Foundation, Sheryl Day from the iSchool PhD program (and a graduate of the iSchool MSIM program), and Gennie Gebhart from the iSchool MLIS program) will provide a short overview of the challenges and insights they have gained from this work, and a look forward into what will come next.
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This forum brings together Chamorro women currently working in/with academic institutions in the ... more This forum brings together Chamorro women currently working in/with academic institutions in the continental U.S., Hawai‘i, and New Zealand. These women will share their experiences in their respective fields of history, public history, performance, dance, information science, information technology, and communication studies with their respective geographic spaces and places. Among the questions this Forum seeks to engage: What is it like to be “away” from but not devoid of “home” and Guam and to engage other communities? How does one negotiate identity, gender, culture, language, belonging, and accountability “between” places? What are the challenges but also liberating possibilities of being away from home? How does the scholarly and cultural work contribute to knowledge production about Guam and Chamorros? One highlight of the forum will be an intergenerational discussion between Chamorro women panelists, audience participants and other practitioners of language, history, and culture, on the extent to which their works in Guam and beyond transcend geopolitical boundaries. A second highlight will be the opportunity to share stories with other Pacific Islander women scholars, many of whom will be visiting Guam as part of the Pacific History Association Conference and FESTPAC, who also center these concerns in their scholarship and activities, whether at home or away.
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In the era of big data, miscellaneous and seemingly random bits of data are continuously mined, a... more In the era of big data, miscellaneous and seemingly random bits of data are continuously mined, aggregated, and analyzed for the stories that information can tell. For Indigenous Pacific Islanders (PIs), whose stories and identities remain obfuscated by colonial histories, naming data categories and claiming the spaces within them is critical to decolonizing and existing in the world of information. While PIs benefit from physical mobility in an increasingly global and interconnected society, broad-sweeping data classifications represent information artifacts, carryovers of colonially-rooted definitions, that continue to limit their socio-economic mobility. According to the 2010 US Census, Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) comprised the fastest-growing population nationwide, yet a disturbing countertrend in education success is noted for APIs. Scholars calling for a disaggregation of API data to better understand the issues impacting APIs in higher education frame this discourse around the Model Minority Myth. Demographically, in 2007, Washington state ranked 3rd in the nation for total population of PIs – behind Hawaii and California – and 5th in the nation for highest proportion of PIs compared to total state population – behind Hawaii, Utah, Alaska, and Nevada. In addition, the population of PIs in Washington State increased by 30% within the last 5 years of that period, well over the national increase of 20% for the same period. Within Washington state, Samoans and Guamanians / Chamorros comprised over 50% of the PI population. This paper examines the confounding nature of and colonial implications embedded within the data classification of APIs for PIs in Washington State.
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Language, as a critical component of culture, is central to discourses on Indigenous knowledge pr... more Language, as a critical component of culture, is central to discourses on Indigenous knowledge preservation. The definition of what constitutes culture is dynamic and continuously evolving, and this negotiation of culture is particularly contentious for Indigenous peoples striving to achieve some measure of sovereignty and self-determination. Early discourses of Indigenous language examined colonial language policies and the devastating effects resulting from the loss of language and, therefore, Indigenous knowledge. Current research around Indigenous language revitalization is necessarily praxis-oriented, focusing on providing stop-gap measures to prevent further language erosion by promoting practice and use, educational programs and material development, and implementation. A dearth of research exists, however, on the tensions and power dynamics concomitant with language revitalization policies and the impact on Indigenous knowledge. The case presented in this paper represents an instance of Indigenous cultural production and negotiation through a policy of language purification of the Chamorro language of Guam and asks: “What happens when the locals decide to decolonize their language?” What are the implications of language purification locally, and what are the effects on knowledge production within a global context, specifically as it relates to geographically-dispersed diaspora groups who have developed context-specific ways of preserving knowledge as conveyed by language? Participatory observation, interviews, and content analysis of online and social media forums were conducted to characterize the nature of the conflict both within and outside of the community, and recommendations for further research are suggested.
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The meaning of information is elusive. Nevertheless, as indigenous peoples, we perceive its ubiqu... more The meaning of information is elusive. Nevertheless, as indigenous peoples, we perceive its ubiquity. Tribal communities experience high rates of mobile phone use, Facebook use, demand for cultural digitization projects, and privacy and intellectual property conflicts. Rather than learning from elders or living with the land, many Native and Indigenous people practice an ethos of personal convenience and efficiency, desiring the latest technology. A global Indigenous consciousness based on rootedness in the land grows beside a global market for information-processing and technological gadgets. If, as Ellul (1980) asserts, technology represents modern man’s will to power, then how will Indigenous peoples of the world use information technology?
Indigenous researchers consider the aesthetic, political, ethical, and material implications of informatic imperialism as it ripples through global networks, state institutions, and tribes, and reverberates within the Indigenous person. In the arts, creation instills Native ways of knowing, and is visually encoded in what moderns call art or artifact. In history, leaders revisit the record of their past to find strategies for surviving neocolonialism. In the interface between institution and memory, Indigenous archivists practice an ethic founded in community, reciprocity, and reverence. And in politics, Indigenous activists use communication technologies to build networks of solidarity against technocratic forces exploiting Native peoples, lands, and knowledge. Indeed, Indigenous scholars removed from homelands use communication technologies to create networks of sustained dialogue on these issues. How will these uses shape Native systems of knowledge?
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Papers by Sheryl A Day
Download the accompanying Mobile Information Literacy Curriculum Slides at: http://tascha.uw.edu/publications/mobile-information-literacy-full-curriculum-slides/
Talks by Sheryl A Day
Conference Presentations by Sheryl A Day
Indigenous researchers consider the aesthetic, political, ethical, and material implications of informatic imperialism as it ripples through global networks, state institutions, and tribes, and reverberates within the Indigenous person. In the arts, creation instills Native ways of knowing, and is visually encoded in what moderns call art or artifact. In history, leaders revisit the record of their past to find strategies for surviving neocolonialism. In the interface between institution and memory, Indigenous archivists practice an ethic founded in community, reciprocity, and reverence. And in politics, Indigenous activists use communication technologies to build networks of solidarity against technocratic forces exploiting Native peoples, lands, and knowledge. Indeed, Indigenous scholars removed from homelands use communication technologies to create networks of sustained dialogue on these issues. How will these uses shape Native systems of knowledge?
Reviews by Sheryl A Day
Download the accompanying Mobile Information Literacy Curriculum Slides at: http://tascha.uw.edu/publications/mobile-information-literacy-full-curriculum-slides/
Indigenous researchers consider the aesthetic, political, ethical, and material implications of informatic imperialism as it ripples through global networks, state institutions, and tribes, and reverberates within the Indigenous person. In the arts, creation instills Native ways of knowing, and is visually encoded in what moderns call art or artifact. In history, leaders revisit the record of their past to find strategies for surviving neocolonialism. In the interface between institution and memory, Indigenous archivists practice an ethic founded in community, reciprocity, and reverence. And in politics, Indigenous activists use communication technologies to build networks of solidarity against technocratic forces exploiting Native peoples, lands, and knowledge. Indeed, Indigenous scholars removed from homelands use communication technologies to create networks of sustained dialogue on these issues. How will these uses shape Native systems of knowledge?