Geoweb: indigenous mapping of intergenerational knowledge

• Main Author: Eades, Gwilym
• Other Authors: Andre Costopoulos (Supervisor2), George Wenzel (Supervisor1)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2011
• Subjects: Social Sciences - Geography; Baie James; Cris; James Bay
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=97082

This thesis examines the transmission of intergenerational cultural knowledge on eastern James Bay Cree lands. Geospatial technologies and the representation of Cree knowledge are explored, with emphasis on the geoweb. A geoweb with two parts, old and new, is theorized as compatible with Cree intere...