HCI as an instrument for strengthening culture and language of a Colombian native community

Annabelle Boutet (1, 2, 3) , Franck Poirier (4) , Gilles Coppin (1, 2, 3) , Santiago Rincon (1, 2, 3) , Tulio Rojas Curieux (5)

1 Lab-STICC_TB_CID_IHSEV
2 LUSSI - Département Logique des Usages, Sciences sociales et Sciences de l'Information
3 Lab-STICC - Laboratoire des sciences et techniques de l'information, de la communication et de la connaissance (UMR 3192)
4 Lab-STICC - Laboratoire des sciences et techniques de l'information, de la communication et de la connaissance
5 Grupo de estudios lingu ̈ ́ısticos, pedag ́ogicos y socioculturales

This paper is about the relationship between culture and human-computer interaction. Cultures are live, open and in continuous change. Computer and information technology, as external factors for non-Western-industrialized societies, may trigger transformations, that sometimes, could be considered as negative or unwanted. For example, the usage of Western word-processors modified the Japanese writing sys- tem when Japanese people faced a number of unfamiliar concepts intro- duced in those computer tools [8]. At the same time, minority societies around the world are in danger of extinction. The Nasa people, our target population, struggle to revitalize their mother tongue and cultural tra- ditions. This text presents an experience about developing or adapting computer tools to help the revitalization efforts. The use of the com- puter could lead to positive effects, or at least, to effects aligned with the policies of the society

Mots clés: Culture; Language and culture preservation; Nasa native community; HCI

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Annabelle Boutet, Franck Poirier, Gilles Coppin, Santiago Rincon, Tulio Rojas Curieux. HCI as an instrument for strengthening culture and language of a Colombian native community. HCI International 2011, 2011, Orlando (FL), United States. pp.556-565, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-21660-2_63⟩. ⟨hal-00816603v2⟩