This post is about a project that hasn’t quite finished incubating, but looks very interesting from the perspective of community memory, cultural mapping, and land use consultation. What follows is cobbled together from different sources… The Dreamcatcher Informatics project In 2009-2010, the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport recommended […]
aboriginal • community informatics • First Nations • indigenous communities • mapping • Mississauga • Ontario | CanadaDreamcatcher Informatics
The Dreamcatcher Informatics project In 2009-2010, the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport recommended the Dreamcatcher Informatics project (under the auspices of the Department of Environment and Resources Studies at the University of Waterloo) for funding under the Creative Communities Prosperity Fund – a $50,000 grant. Here is the […]
aboriginal • community informatics • First Nations • indigenous communities • mapping • Mississauga • Ontario | CanadaGeoweb: Indigenous Mapping of Intergenerational Knowledge
Abstract This thesis examines the transmission of intergenerational cultural knowledge on eastern James Bay Cree lands. Geospatial technologies and the representation of Cree knowledge are explored, with emphasis on the geoweb. A geoweb with two parts, old and new, is theorized as compatible with Cree interests at a landscape level […]
2010 • Cree • culture | preservation • GIS • James Bay | Canada • knowledge tradition • mapping • traditional cultureMāori Maps: Gateway to Māori world of Marae
“Māori Maps is a gateway to the Māori world of marae. It aims to take visitors to the gateway of marae around Aotearoa/New Zealand; beyond that point, visitors can make their own interactions with the marae community. Māori Maps assembles information about all the traditional, tribal marae. It does not include […]
ancestors • Aotearoa • culture • Māori • mapping • marae • New Zealand • youth