Dear All,
We have very last minute CFP for the American Anthropological Association's
annual meeting in Denver. Please send your 250 word abstract along with the
title for your proposed paper to [log in to unmask] and
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*Title:* *Refamiliarizing the Estranged: Digital Representation of
Indigenous Peoples through Sharing, Collaboration, and Negotiation*
*Keywords:* Indigenous Peoples, Representation, Digital and Virtual
Anthropology, Visual Anthropology, Collaboration
*Organizers: *Christina Gish Hill, Iowa State University and Medeia Csoba
DeHass, University of Alaska Anchorage.
*Chair:* Christina Gish Hill
*Abstract:*
In the past decade, digital anthropology has increasingly gained access to
all sub-fields of the discipline capitalizing on the new medium’s
effectiveness in connecting a variety of stakeholders across multiple key
issues. Indigenous communities and researchers engaged in projects focusing
on Indigenous issues were no exception to this trend.
The possibilities digital anthropology offers are many, yet one particular
aspect, the ability to take ideas familiar to Indigenous peoples and
represent them through a fresh medium to a substantially wider and
potentially culturally diverse audience, has created new questions
concerning representation, authority, and negotiation in collaborative
work. Outcomes from ongoing projects and constantly evolving technology
continue to shape digital anthropology. Therefore, ethics and best
practices are only a starting point in the discussion centered on the
politics of representation of Indigenous peoples and communities in a
digital environment.
Questions exploring the most challenging aspects of digital collaboration
and discourse regarding the need to incorporate Indigenous epistemologies
in project design and outcomes are timely and needed. Moreover, exploring
how we can re-familiarize key concepts that become estranged in the
digitization process is a crucial element of virtual representation that is
meaningful both in the local and global contexts.
Drawing on the rich data digital initiatives contribute to anthropology,
this panel seeks papers that reflect on the politics of representation in
the process of reframing the familiar in a digital environment in a way
that results not in estrangement, but empowerment of Indigenous
communities. We take a broad approach to digital anthropology and
particularly welcome projects that incorporate multidisciplinary methods
such as heritage preservation initiatives, online games, virtual
repositories and exhibitions, digital language preservation projects,
films, android and IOS apps, 3D technologies, digital databases and
depositories, interactive books, cyberlearning, virtual repatriation,
tribal web portals, MOOCs and localized web design initiatives.
Thank you,
Medeia Csoba DeHass, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Alaska Native Studies
Department of Anthropology BMH 203
University of Alaska Anchorage
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