Disconnect RMIT University

Web3 is an online ecosystem based on decentralised blockchain technology. With web3 you can transfer value directly to another person without using third party services. Can the tools and infrastructures of web3 be built according to Indigenous governance principles?  
 
This final episode of Disconnect features a panel of speakers on the topic of web3 and Indigenous governance. The episode was recorded at the ‘What’s Governing Web3?’ conference at RMIT’s Capitol Theatre on 14 December 2022.  
 
Speakers: Megan Kelleher (RMIT), Rick Shaw (Deloitte), Robert O’Brien (Yumi). Hosted by Ellie Rennie and Tyson Yunkaporta.  
 
Disconnect is a podcast about the internet and First Nations peoples. Produced by RMIT University’s Digital Ethnography Research Centre, produced by Ellie Rennie and Tyson Yunkaporta, with producer and editor James Milsom. Disconnect was funded by Telstra.  
Want to hear more about web3? Listen to RMIT’s new podcast Mutable, “a podcast about web3 in the wild”, on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19i6z5QncoiKENS1sW8VZp?si=8aBSZYU5Rs6TA-yyUd6ahA 
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/mutable/id1660838462?l=en 
And other good podcasting apps. 

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Join us at RMIT University in Melbourne on 14 December. Tickets are free and available to be booked here.
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Internet access might be something city dwellers take for granted. In town camps and remote communities across Australia, just sending an email isn’t always straight forward. In this episode we visit Hidden Valley, a town camp in Alice Springs. While Hidden Valley struggles with satellite internet, the Alice Springs suburbs just across the road have new fibre optic connections. This is the latest chapter in Hidden Valley’s long struggle for local infrastructure.


In this episode you heard from:


Meret MacDonald
Noeleen McMillan
Stella McMillan
Tim McNamara
Professor Ampalavanapillai (Thas) Nirmalathas
Daniel Featherstone


Music prior to credits: Neon Moon by Miiesha featuring The Woorabinda Singers, licensed courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation


Main story produced by Else Kennedy, Meret MacDonald and Noeleen McMillan.


The transcript of of this episode is available as a Word document or PDF.


Soft sculpture of tin can telephone by Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists. Image design by Pam Koger

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Information spreads quickly online and so does misinformation. The early days of the internet were an optimistic time but today people talk more about fake news than the information superhighway. Online misinformation touches every community; in this episode we look at the way it spreads in indigenous communities and how a history of colonisation makes the problem worse.


In this episode you heard from:


Jordan
Tina Ngata
Deen Sanders


Music prior to credits: We Have Survived performed by DOBBY, licensed courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.


The full transcript of this episode is available as a word document and PDF


Artwork: Soft sculpture of tin can telephone by Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists. Image design by Pam Koger.


This podcast is funded by Telstra

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Access to phone and internet is not universal within Australia. In some places, just getting mobile phone service can be a logistical challenge. We follow the story of a family in Kwale Kwale, west of Alice Springs, as they try to get connected.
Disconnect is a podcast about the internet in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Produced by RMIT University, led by Ellie Rennie, Indigo Holcombe-James and Tyson Yunkaporta, with producer James Milsom and production assistance from Campbell McNolty. Additional research assistance for this episode was provided by Sam Kininmonth. Special thanks to Alyson Wright. Disconnect was funded by Telstra as an action within their Reconciliation Action Plan 2018-2021.


In this episode you heard from:
Rhonda Inkamala
Trudy Inkamala
Mark Sulikowski, Telstra
Michael Perez, Telstra


Music prior to credits: Around Here by Tia Gostelow, licensed courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation


The full transcript for this episode is available as a Word document or PDF.


The inDigiMOB program worked with us on this episode. inDigiMOB is a partnership between First Nations Media Australia and Telstra.
First Nations Media Australia is the national peak body for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media industry.
Soft sculpture of tin can telephone by Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists. Image design by Pam Koger.
The Home Internet Project mentioned at the start of the episode involved an infrastructure component, which was run through the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) and funded by the Aboriginals Benefit Account. A research component accompanied the provision of internet, which was funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Project (LP110200440). The research was a collaboration between CAT, the Central Land Council, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, and university researchers (based at Swinburne University of Technology at the time). A book about the project is available open access

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There are many ways to preserve language. We trace the story of Australia’s first Indigenous emoji project, which is bringing Indigenous culture and the Arrernte language onto your smartphone. In the process we encounter emoji’s bosses and find out why it is so hard to add a new emoji to the set.




Disconnect is a podcast about the internet in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Produced by RMIT University, led by Ellie Rennie, Indigo Holcombe-James and Tyson Yunkaporta, with producer James Milsom and production assistance from Campbell McNolty. Additional research assistance for this episode was provided by Sam Kininmonth. Disconnect was funded by Telstra as an action within their Reconciliation Action Plan 2018-2021.




In this episode you heard from:


Joel Liddle Perrurle, Indigemoji


Caddie Brain, Indigemoji


Dr Kate Miltner, University of Edinburgh


Graham Wilfred Jr, inDigiMOB


Music prior to credits: Blackfellas by Nooky, licensed courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation


The full transcript for this episode is available as a Word document or PDF.


You can download the Indigemoji sticker set now for iOS and Android


The inDigiMOB program worked with us on this episode. inDigiMOB is a partnership between First Nations Media Australia and Telstra.


First Nations Media Australia is the national peak body for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media industry.


There is a Māori emoji set too. Check out Emotiki developed by Te Puia in Rotorua, NZ.


Soft sculpture of tin can telephone by Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists. Image design by Pam Koger.

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