HALIFAX—A social media app geared towards the outdoor lives of Inuit launched Wednesday with features that tie traditional knowledge to smartphone technology. The Siku app and web platform, named after the Inuktitut word for sea ice, allows users to trade observations about dangerous conditions, document wildlife sightings and trade hunting stories. It also integrates modern weather, sea ice and satellite imagery, while allowing travellers to add in the traditional terms for potentially perilous conditions using their own language. Through the app, hunters can upload such information into Siku and tag other areas of interest, such as particular wildlife they’ve tracked. The app has four main types of posts: Social, Wildlife, Sea Ice and Tools.

Source: thestar December 04, 2019 23:22 UTC