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January 2022

Time: Tuesdays, 2:15-3 pm MT Edmonton

Title: Indigenous Culture and Computing Technologies (three part series)

Format: Three separate 30 minutes presentations with 15 minute Q&As

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Jan 11, Part 1: This first session discusses how Indigenous worldviews can affect computing philosophies that perpetuate colonial and settler structures. It observes the intersections of Indigenous daily life and technology and how these intersections can become more accessible to Indigenous users. It explores how visiual mobile app design can be approached with Indigenous perspectives, how Indigenous users interface with computers and devices, and how computers can be set up to be culturally supportive instruments.

Jan 18, Part 2: This session explores computer hardware and how the physical objects we use for computing can be Indigenized. It examines physical human-computer interactions, how Indigenous worldviews can be reflected in these objects, and how these objects can be seen as inherently Indigenous objects.

Jan 25, Part 3: This final discussion looks at computer programming. This presentation introduces the ᐋᒋᒧᐤ programming platform developed for nehiyawewin. Next, this session relates how this programming language came to be and how it is envisioned to assist nehiyawewin language revitalization and usage. It concludes with a demonstration of how nehiyawewin can be used as computer code to make animated digital stories.

Instructor:

Jon Corbett is a nehiyaw-Métis computational media artist and professional computer programmer. He holds a BFA from the University of Alberta in Art and Design, an MFA from the University of British Columbia in Interdisciplinary Studies, and is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of British Columbia. His doctoral research crosses the domains of Indigenous Studies and Digital Humanities and focuses on creating digital tools for Indigenous artists and nehiyawewin learners. His research products thus far include a nehiyaw-based programming language, physical hardware designs for the nehiyaw syllabic orthography, and software/application solutions that use Indigenous Storywork as design tools. In addition to being showcased in several books and articles, his artwork has been featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, NY, and at the Biennale d’art contemporain autochtone / Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA) in Montreal, QC.

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Contact Manisha Khetarpal by email mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca or call toll free: 1 866 585 3925

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