All my online relations: Aboriginal community participation in planning for Alberta SuperNet broadband technology

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dc.contributor.advisorBakardjieva, Maria
dc.contributor.authorPratt, Yvonne Poitras
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T21:46:18Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T21:46:18Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 259-273en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the community involvement of three Aboriginal communities in their participatory research activities around the topic of the Alberta Super Net. The researcher worked alongside three groups representing the Blackfoot, Cree, and Metis people of Alberta as part of a research partnership where the goal of the project was community empowerment through active involvement in planning activities for the introduction of the Alberta Super Net broadband technology. While development support communication provided the theoretical foundation for this study, an ethnography of the research process across the three communities formed the final methodology. Findings from this study implied that awareness and recognition of a need for directed social change within communities remain critical first stages to genuine participation within participatory research activities. This study also revealed that emerging efforts in developing culturally appropriate forms of Aboriginal research must be supported and prioritized for the immediate and social good of Aboriginal people.
dc.format.extentxii, 299 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationPratt, Y. P. (2005). All my online relations: Aboriginal community participation in planning for Alberta SuperNet broadband technology (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2383en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/2383
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/103384
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleAll my online relations: Aboriginal community participation in planning for Alberta SuperNet broadband technology
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication and Culture
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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