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While this is a fast access medium even from remote places, members of
indigenous peoples and their communities immediately get engaged in online
communications in a very active and creative way due to the similarity of
such activities to traditional forms of participation in community work, where
information and results are freely shared.
Since 2005 the INALI produces and promotes among the indigenous peoples
and their communities multimedia, which are mostly available for free
downloading at the official website: http://www.inali.gob.mx.
There are music and audio CD’s with testimonies and letters of speakers in
their indigenous languages; as well as books of poetry, stories and riddles,
dictionaries, vocabularies, and alphabets.
Also, there have been animated productions from the presentations of the
General Law of Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples in order to spread
linguistic diversity among the children, radio programmes and the ongoing
campaign of “Los Guardavoces”; as well as DVD’s with video in indigenous
languages subtitled in Spanish. In the middle term INALI will look for
opportunities to produce some TV shows.
On the other hand, the cooperative model to develop free software has been
used for generating some applications such as: the Evaluation and Analysis
System for the Program of Revitalization, Strengthening and Development
of Indigenous Languages 2008-2012; the National Register of Interpreters
and Translators of Indigenous Languages “PANITLI”; and the Catalogue of
the Indigenous Languages of Mexico. Self-naming and reference material
are also available for a free of charge consulting, providing opportunities for
international cooperation.
Efforts in the diffusion and teaching of indigenous languages are also taken by
other Mexican institutions such as the Autonomous University of Querétaro
“YAAK”.
Challenges and Final Ideas
In conclusion, once again I want to insist that a joint definition of objectives and
clear strategies would make it possible for those who are active in cyberspace
and the ICT:
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1. To establish a leadership to promote and strengthen cultural and
linguistic diversity; and,
2. To reinforce investments on infrastructure for ensuring indigenous
peoples and their communities’ access to cyberspace and ICTs as a
priority human right.