M3: P5 – We Are All Related:(Re) Storying With Augmented Reality to Build Indigenous-Settler Relations (Master’s thesis)

I realize that the last thing you want to do right now is to read a 129 page paper: Amanda Almond’s (2021) We Are All Related:(Re) Storying With Augmented Reality to Build Indigenous-Settler Relations (Master’s thesis). Rather, this paper is useful, and informative if you are researching ways Indigenous communities would share stories through augmented reality (AR). Therefore, if you’re still interested I’ll briefly let you know why I find this paper particularly valuable as a blog post.

First, the paper reaffirms how Indigenous peoples have used many forms of media in ways that acknowledge cultural protocols, including AR, and how Indigenous stories are evolving with the modern world, and are not stuck in the past (Almond, 2021). Almond (2021) also looks into how to protect the information that Indigenous groups share through AR platforms. In doing so, Almond (2021) pursues various AR platforms that offer different options for its user. Further, the paper discusses the loss of information due to obsolescence, a problem with online storage (Almond, 2021).

Although my interest is not necessarily in building Indigenous/Settler relations, the focus of this paper’s research, and instead I am curious about how Indigenous communities can create a digital space to preserve their language and culture, this paper offers much insight into how AR would work to accommodate Indigenous ways of place-based learning and understanding.

Reference

Almond, A. (2021). We Are All Related:(Re) Storying With Augmented Reality to Build Indigenous-Settler Relations (Master’s thesis). Retrieved from https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/4a4675d1-cdb5-4b15-8a6f-c708b0c948c1/view/990435ed-0a71-43d1-908a-fd9f45af05bb/Almond_Amanda_202103_MA.pdf