Indigenous Peoples in Cyberspace

It seems as though the existing rubric confuses intention. The new government, a more polite, more ambiguous cadre, than the brutally direct ex-president (RM) and his kleptocracy, creates spaces for dialogue where is much harder to rebel. I see that capitalism, transpires through more pores with this new form, it is a hairier beast, and in better shape. The scheming beast, simultaneously creates and removes borders to exploit people and the environment.

Inclusion is a problem for the indigenous people as much as exclusion (e.g. dialogue, the content of which easily excludes indigenous prerogatives).Tabasará libre is the struggle against the utilitarian politics of government.

¡VICE en Kiad! Este video demuestra el actual conflicto intercultural en Panamá. La ineficiencia de nuestra red energética, la ineficacia de nuestros administradores en el gobierno, y la ideología político-económica de desarrollo dan lugar a la construcción de una hidroeléctrica en Barro Blanco. En este video puedes ver como la Modernización apurada le quita espacio a la democracia, y la remplaza por colonialismo.

“Reliable, relevant and realtime information to help you engage unreached people groups around the world.” - PeopleGroups.org  I emailed this group regarding their program of contacting the non-Christian peoples of the world: The indigenous people who have yet to know Jesus Christ. They have not responded. Silence is discourse too, as linguists say. I am frustrated by this type of colonization, a hubris, a despotic ignorance that seeks to spread religious doctrine specifically to the small numbers of scattered unglobalized peoples. 

This is a map showing human beings as they inhabit the world. The “hotter” (red) parts simulate a greater number of people in a given area. 

I used CartoDB to visualize human impact on the world. This online application offers the option to see data with a “thermal” perspective. For this example, I was interested in looking at the spaces that are influenced by human activity. I believe that the “heat” as it is emanated by population centers can give us an approximate view of a city’s hinterlands. William Cronon (1992) describes the hinterlands of cities as the spaces of energy and material extraction that are essential parts in the development of cities. He uses Chicago as his case study. I will be looking at Panama.

This map is obviously reductionist because it sees people as static. Our imaginations can add the network that exists between the red points in the map. As I learn more about visualization tools I may add complexity to better represent reality.