Coded territories : tracing indigenous pathways in new media art
Summary: This collection of essays provides a historical and contemporary context for Indigenous new media arts practice in Canada. The writers are established artists, scholars, and curators who cover thematic concepts and underlying approaches to new media from a distinctly Indigenous perspective. Through discourse and narrative analysis, the writers discuss a number of topics ranging from how Indigenous worldviews inform unique approaches to new media arts practice to their own work and specific contemporary works. Contributors include: Archer Pechawis, Jackson 2Bears, Jason Edward Lewis, Steven Foster, Candice Hopkins, and Cheryl L’Hirondelle.
Contents: Foreword / Jason Ryle --
Foreword / Doina Popescu --
Introduction : decolonizing the "Web" / Steven Loft --
My post-Indian technological autobiography / Jackson 2bears --
Indigenism : Aboriginal world view as global protocol / Archer Pechawis --
A better dance and better prayers : systems, structures, and the future imaginary in Aboriginal new media / Jason Edward Lewis --
Documentative : inclusivity and the ethics of interactive documentary in an Indigenous and participatory context / Stephen Foster --
If history moves at the speed of its weapons ... / Candice Hopkins --
Codetalkers recounting signals of survival / Cheryl L'Hirondelle --
Mediacosmology / Steven Loft.
Language(s): English
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Abstract
This collection of essays provides a historical and contemporary context for Indigenous new media arts practice in Canada. The writers are established artists, scholars, and curators who cover thematic concepts and underlying approaches to new media from a distinctly Indigenous perspective. Through discourse and narrative analysis, the writers discuss a number of topics ranging from how Indigenous worldviews inform unique approaches to new media arts practice to their own work and specific contemporary works. Contributors include: Archer Pechawis, Jackson 2Bears, Jason Edward Lewis, Steven Foster, Candice Hopkins, and Cheryl L’Hirondelle.
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