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Module 4 post 3 (Sam Charles)

Continuing this journey searching for different approaches of sharing Indigenous knowledge through storytelling, I found the follow resources that are examples of methods that video can be used to share Indigenous knowledge (this provides some best practices that I am developing for my final project):

  1. Promotion video highlighting an Indigenous storytelling workshop
  2. SD36 elementary school resources including videos
  3. Importance of storytelling
  4. Indigenous Storywork
  5. PBS Circle of Stories

1. Promotion video highlighting an Indigenous storytelling workshop

It appears that the workshop is no longer being offered, but this promotional video highlights a workshop that the Young People’s Theatre facilitated that emphasized the importance of Indigenous knowledge to youth.

2. SD36 elementary school resources including videos

Indigenous resources for teacher from SD36 through their Indigenous Learning Teacher Website. The site includes links, some lesson plans, and resources. Lots of interesting videos featuring storytelling.

https://aboriginalresourcesforteachers.weebly.com/videos-from-our-dcf.html

3. Importance of storytelling

Some curriculum and videos highlighting the importance of storytelling within Indigenous culture produced by the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium.

https://empoweringthespirit.ca/sharing-through-story/

I particularly enjoyed learning from this video:

4. Indigenous Storywork

Fabulous resources highlights the work of UBC Professor Emeritus Q’um Q’um Xiiem where she and her collaborators discuss the importance of traditional and life experiences stories for disseminating Indigenous cultures and ways of knowing.

https://indigenousstorywork.com/

5. PBS Circle of Stories

As we know, before settlers arrived, many Indigenous peoples lived and moved across lands we know delineate by borders. That’s why PBS’ Circle of Stories has some great resources and teaching tools for educators that may be relevant to Canadian educators as well.

https://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/index.html

Module 3 Post 3 (Sam Charles)

Linking technology with Indigenous cultures, traditions and knowledge is the focus of this post. My final project focuses on using video to share Indigenous knowledge (specifically through storytelling), so the following sites are examples of using technology for this purpose.

  • 3D technology can preserve culture
  • Berkeley program
  • MIT looks to collaborate with Indigenous groups
  • ITU report on how Indigenous peoples have shaped technologies
  • Misinterpretation of Indigenous technologies

This first link describes how some Indigenous groups are using 3D technologies to preserve the culture.

The Berkeley Center for New Media offers a cool program where they explore linking technology with Indigeneity.

MIT hosted a conference connecting technology with Indigenous groups. The conference had lots of Canadian connections, but I haven’t found a follow-up since other than this conference.

Excellent overview by the ITU of how Indigenous knowledge and partnerships have helped to produce several notable technologies, with use cases ranging from medical to forensic to environmental. At the same time, many communities have turned to the latest tech to help secure their heritage and navigate the challenges of climate change.

A discussion from Swinburne University of Technology about how the Indigenous technology and its usage is often misunderstood.

 

Module 2 Post 3 (Sam Charles)

Module 2 Research Search Post 1

A challenge to encourage people to listen to, learn from, and share the stories of Survivors of Indian Residential Schools.

https://next150.indianhorse.ca/challenges/survivor-stories

https://www.indianhorse.ca/

 

Interactive site showcases residential school stories

https://witnessblanket.ca/

 

Stories of residential school experiences

http://wawahte.com/watch.php

Additional resources:

https://pressprogress.ca/14_first_hand_stories_underlining_how_residential_schools_tried_to_get_rid_of_indigenous_cultures/

https://legacyofhope.ca/english/education/videos/

Module 1 Blog Post 3 (Sam Charles)

Research Blog of Websites Assignment by Sam Charles

A resource page entitled First Nations Pedagogy Online provides links to helpful multimedia sites.

I found a great article by some researchers in Australia related to the use of video when documenting Indigenous stories and cultural practices. The article includes a discussion of consent, ethics, and ethnography.

  • Haines, J., Du, J. T., & Trevorrow, E. (2018). Video ethnographic documentation of stories and cultural practices with indigenous elders. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1), 821-824. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501132.

The above article references a few other articles that could be helpful:

  • Archibald, J. (2008). Indigenous storywork: Educating the heart, mind, body, and spirit. Vancouver: UBC Press.
  • Castleden, H., Daley, K., Sloan Morgan, V., & Sylvestre, P. (2013). Settlers unsettled: Using field schools and digital stories to transform geographies of ignorance about Indigenouspeoples in Canada. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37(4), 487-499.
  • Haines, J., Du, J. T. & Trevorrow E. (2018). In search of Indigenous wisdom and interdisciplinary ways of learning together. Journal of the Australian  Library  and  Information  Association (JALIA),  67(3).  Retrieved  from https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2018.1488358 Haines, J., Du, J. T., Geursen, G., Gao, J., & Trevorrow, E. (2017). Understanding Elders’ knowledge creation to strengthen Indigenous