Here is a remembrance of Steve Jobs I posted 12 years ago upon his passing, commenting on the legacy that his style of portable, user-friendly electronics have left on indigenous peoples of the Amazon. Far from being overwhelmed by the digital world, they have found innovative ways to use these tools to defend and promote their own culture and political struggles.
@TootTropiques Image above: a photo of a group of people surrounded by darkness, all peering at the light emanating from the phone of one person's hands
Really enjoying this. It's both an impressively erudite and remarkably accessible retelling of #USHistory that centers #Indigenous peoples and obliterates a number of national myths. Highly recommended and worth imitating for historians (like me!) working in other national contexts. #history#AmericanHistory#histodons@histodons
@brian_gettler@histodons Image: Photo of book. Text on book cover: "Ned Blackhawk
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History"