This document sets out key issues identified in the final plenary session at the AIATSIS research symposium on information technologies and Indigenous communities. Over 70 papers were presented at ITIC on the use of information technologies by Indigenous peoples. Illustrating the strength and vibrancy of the sector, presentations were delivered on programs, projects and research being implemented and undertaken by a range of community organisations,institutions and researchers across Australia. ITIC demonstrated the growing presence of an impressive and exciting IT sector in which digital media is being used in diverse and creative ways by Indigenous Australians to support, for example, innovation, employment, training and governance, as well as the production, maintenance and transmission of culture. The sector builds on over 30 years of cultural and social capital in IT and Indigenous communities. The use of digital media was showcased in a range of programs and initiatives spanning education, language, health and wellbeing, local and national digital archiving repositories, and the burgeoning creative industries and broadcasting sectors. The symposium highlighted the ability of IT to generate unique opportunities for income generation and local enterprise development. In particular, ITIC demonstrated the key capacity of IT to engage young people, particularly in creative media, thus providing new platforms for formal and informal training to support personal and career development. Overall, the symposium revealed not only the extent and variety of services already provided through IT by Indigenous people for the communities (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous) in which they live, but also the clear benefits arising from increasing engagement with digital media and the digital economy, and the potential for future growth. IT harnesses many crucial aspects associated with the economic future of Indigenous communities across the country.

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信息技术和土著社区

本文件列出了 AIATSIS 信息技术和土著社区研究研讨会最后一次全体会议上确定的关键问题。在 ITIC 上发表了 70 多篇关于土著人民使用信息技术的论文。展示了该行业的实力和活力，介绍了澳大利亚各地的一系列社区组织、机构和研究人员正在实施和开展的计划、项目和研究。ITIC 展示了一个令人印象深刻且令人兴奋的 IT 部门日益增长的存在，在该部门中，澳大利亚土著人正在以多样化和创造性的方式使用数字媒体来支持创新、就业、培训和治理，以及生产、维护和传输的文化。该行业建立在 IT 和原住民社区 30 多年的文化和社会资本之上。数字媒体的使用在一系列项目和举措中得到展示，涵盖教育、语言、健康和福祉、地方和国家数字档案库以及新兴的创意产业和广播部门。研讨会强调了 IT 为创收和本地企业发展创造独特机会的能力。尤其是，ITIC 展示了 IT 吸引年轻人的关键能力，尤其是创意媒体，从而为正式和非正式培训提供了新平台，以支持个人和职业发展。全面的，研讨会不仅揭示了土著人民已经通过 IT 为他们居住的社区（土著和非土著）提供的服务的范围和种类，而且还揭示了与数字媒体和数字经济的日益接触所带来的明显好处，以及未来的增长潜力。IT 利用与全国原住民社区的经济未来相关的许多关键方面。