Indigenous people and Information and Communication Technologies: the strengths and weaknesses of official data in Argentina

Abstract

This article adopts an anthropological perspective to critically retrieve hard data produced by state-run bodies regarding the intersections between indigenous peoples and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Argentina. Specifically, this analysis means to contextualize and discuss statistical sources that provide data about ICTs and indigenous peoples. By drawing from these sources, this article seeks to explore the interconnections between ICTs and an overlooked ethnic minority like indigenous peoples, reflecting on how we might approach the assembly and interpretation of data from an ethnographic standpoint.