Module 1 – Post 1 – Elvio Castelli – Indigenizing the digital world

My research interest is to examine whether or not Indigenous people can reimagine western technology to:

1. Give back more to the earth than we take and, 
2. Strengthen their community and land ties

With this in mind, I chose the following websites and articles because they focused on creating an Indigenous digital space and/or bridging the divide between Indigenous people and Western technology/learning.

Indigenizing the digital world – TVO March 2019, Haley Lewis

https://www.tvo.org/article/indigenizing-the-digital-world

This article is written by Haley Lewis, a Kanyen’keha:ka-Scottish writer. The article details three Indigenous creators who are working on reinventing the online world to be more inclusive.

One of the three creators is Monique Manatach, a member of Indigenous Culture and Media Innovations, a collective working to give access to Indigenous people in multimedia arts. Second, we have Megan Byrne, who has worked on creating a unique and totally Indigenous digital space. Lastly, Brad Pine has created an Indigenous dating app, an app for homestay experience and Waboos, which is a search engine that connects the searcher with Indigenous results. 

This article caught my attention because I think it will be useful for researching my final assignment as it links to several Indigenous tech initiatives that Lewis describes.