Go to the videoconference-webcast series homepage.
 
 

There are currently approximately 38 people on the series listserv:
 
 

Regarding Native-American people (Canada and USA) --

Troy Hunter.
Professional photographer <http://www.troyhunter.com>, British Columbia, Canada.  Member of the Ktunaxa nation.

Delphine Tsinajinnie.
Recording artist, Canyon Records <http://www.canyonrecords.com/delphine.htm>.  Graduate student and faculty member (linguistics), College of Education, Arizona State University, USA.  Recently presented at the Navajo Language Symposium <http://aii.asu.edu/dlc/navajosymposium.html>.  Member of the Nihookaa' Dine'e (Navajo) nation.

Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew.
Web Editor, Communications Department, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network <http://www.aptn.ca>, Winnipeg, Canada. 
“The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is sharing our peoples’ journey, celebrating our cultures, inspiring our children and honouring the wisdom of our elders.”

Marina Drummer.
Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival.
“We have supplemented the master apprentice training and conferences with a documentation series, Circle of Voices.  The latest trainings for Circle of Voices have involved something called ‘digital storytelling,’ using Premier and Photoshop to combine, text, still images, video and audio to create unique pieces that tell a story about an organization, person, etc.”
Advocates of Indigeous California Language Survival is described at
“Canku Ota”  (“Many Paths”), an online newsletter celebrating Native America, issue 44 (Sept. 8, 2001), <http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues01/Co09082001/CO_09082001_Advocates.htm> and
<http://www.calhum.org> -- click “Site Map,” then “Language Is Life / Renewal Project.”

Peter Brand.
I-Dictionary Coordinator, First Peoples' Cultural Foundation <http://www.fpcf.ca>, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.  Has worked on educational projects with indigenous peoples in Canada and Australia.

Kekula Bray-Crawford.
Works to help protect rights of Indigenous Peoples and operates a web design and consulting firm that focuses on Hawaiian cultural content.  Co-author of "Self-Determination in the Information Age."
 
 

Regarding Aboriginal peoples (Australia) --

Margaret Haylock.
Works to help provide rural indigenous women with legal, health, and other services via videoconference <http://www.wjn.legalaid.qld.gov.au/vidconf/about/projmap.htm>.  A descendant of the Mandandanji people of the Marona area in Southern Queensland, Australia.
 

Robin Japanangka Granites.
Chairperson, Tanami Network.
Yuendumu, Northern Australia (300kms northeast of Alice Springs).

Steve and Ruth Nungarrayi Rockman.
Operators of the Tanami Network office.
Yuendumu.

Sebastian Jake.
Manager, Tanami Network. 
Alice Springs, Central Australia. 

Peter Toyne.
A facilitator of the founding of the Tanami Network. 
Alice Springs.

The Tanami Network, <http://members.ozemail.com.au/~tanami>, founded in 1992, is the world's first Indigenous peoples' videoconferencing network.  It is described in two articles at
<http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/videoconference/series/indigenous.html>. 
The Tanami Network is now a part of the Outback Digital Network <http://www.odn.net.au>.
 

David Ogilvie.
Manager, Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association <http://www.warlu.com/home.htm>. 
Yuendumu.
 

Jodie Gandolfi.
Graduate student, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
 
 

Regarding Sámi people (Northern Scandinavia) --

Krister Stoor, Folklorist, Dept. of Sámi Studies, University of Umea, Sweden.

Karen Ellen Gaup, University of Oslo.

Siri Johnsen, Centre for Sámi Studies, University of Troms, Norway.

Centre for Sámi Studies
http://www.uit.no/ssweb/indexen.htm

Indigenous Peoples' Research Network 
http://www.uit.no/ssweb/urfolksnettverket/introen.htm
 
 

Youngdai Yoo, professor, Seoul University, Korea, and visiting scholar at Penn’s Folklore Program this year.  Studies Korean epic-chanting and shamanism.

Jack Malgeri, Anthropology Ph.D. student, University of Pennsylvania.  Studies medical anthropology, with a particular interest in indigenous cultures.  “Videoconferencing could be a great way to bring health care workers and individuals in the diverse indigenous communities together to examine common concerns and unique problems.” 

John J. Cash, Folklore and Library Information Sciences Ph.D. student, Indiana University (Bloomimgton, Indiana, USA).  Studies media, and USA history.

Toni Sant, Performance Studies Ph.D. student, New York University (New York City, NY, USA).  Studies community uses of electronic communication.

Sulor Hamidah, M.Phil. student, Malaysia Multimedia University <http://www.mmu.edu.my>.  Studies digital storytelling (animation).

Dorota Raciborska, graduate student, University of Toronto, Canada.
Studies the use of videoconferencing for delivery of medical services to people of First Nations in Northern Ontario.

Dennis DeVries, undergraduate student (communication studies), University of the Arts (Phila., Penn., USA). 
 

Laura Simms.
Storyteller and educator <http://www.laurasimms.com>.  A leader of the modern revival of storytelling.  New York City, NY, USA.

Siri Rama, Ph.D.
Dancer/choreographer (classical Indian dance) <http://www.kanakasabha.com/sirirama>.  Presently living in Singapore.

Diane Dunbar.
Dancer/choreographer (Haitan dance; classical Indian dance) and teacher.  New York City, NY, USA.
 

Folklore Ph.D. students, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), currently living all over the place --

Steve Poizat-Newcomb.
Studies music in Puerto Rico.

David Samper
Studies hybrid urban languages in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa.

Sandra Grady.

Rita Moonsammy.

Solimar Otero.

Tanya Taylor 
African-American.  Studies traditional healing in Mozambique, Africa.

Margaret Magat
Filipino-American.  Studies aspects of Filipino culture.

Christine Tobar-Dupres
Native-American.  Studies aspects of Native-American cultures.

Eric Miller.
Russian-American Jewish.  Studies storytelling and videoconferencing in Tamil Nadu, south India.
 

Faculty advisor, University of Pennsylvania -- 
Prof. David Azzolina (Folklore, and gender studies).
 
 
 

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