"Nothing about us, without us":an investigation into the justification for Indigenous peoples to be involved in every step of Indigenous digital product design
This paper focuses on the experiences of built coalitions between the authors, students and the Indigenous peoples involved in a study of digital design. Ontario Tech University has been working with the Indigenous communities of the First Nations in Ontario, Canada. The report begins with a brief o...
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ftunivabercris:oai:rke.abertay.ac.uk:publications/d688151c-6482-4993-973a-5acc658fe7cc 2024-06-23T07:52:52+00:00 "Nothing about us, without us":an investigation into the justification for Indigenous peoples to be involved in every step of Indigenous digital product design Harbord, Charly Hung, Patrick C.K. Falconer, Ruth 2021-10-12 application/pdf https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/publications/d688151c-6482-4993-973a-5acc658fe7cc https://doi.org/10.1145/3472714.3473657 https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/ws/files/34210206/Harbord_NothingAboutUs_WithoutUs_Accepted_2021.pdf eng eng Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/publications/d688151c-6482-4993-973a-5acc658fe7cc urn:ISBN:9781450386289 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Harbord , C , Hung , P C K & Falconer , R 2021 , "Nothing about us, without us" : an investigation into the justification for Indigenous peoples to be involved in every step of Indigenous digital product design . in Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication : Building Coalitions. Worldwide, SIGDOC 2021 . Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , New York , pp. 310-314 , The 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication , 12/10/21 . https://doi.org/10.1145/3472714.3473657 Two-eyed seeing Indigenous peoples Technology Digital design Co-design contributionToPeriodical 2021 ftunivabercris https://doi.org/10.1145/3472714.3473657 2024-06-12T23:34:07Z This paper focuses on the experiences of built coalitions between the authors, students and the Indigenous peoples involved in a study of digital design. Ontario Tech University has been working with the Indigenous communities of the First Nations in Ontario, Canada. The report begins with a brief overview of the issues faced by the Indigenous communities in Canada. For example, retaining their traditional language, knowledge, and culture on their traditional lands. The paper then outlines the study's design and methods to understand how technology may help the Indigenous community address these issues. To do this, the authors set up a course project for 21 graduate students in Computer Science at Ontario Tech University in Winter 2021. The students were formed into nine groups. Each group was assigned the design and development an interactive design product prototype that would address some of the Indigenous community’s social issues considering user experience and co-design from the outset. Lastly, the report shares the findings of the study and discusses the success of ‘Nothing about us, without us’ and how the prototypes may ameliorate the issues faced by the Indigenous peoples. The takeaway that we aim for is an understanding that no matter how honourable it may seem to create something on their behalf, it is essential to involve the primary culture/language speakers. We also intend to create a model for this mutual collaboration which then can be pursued to enable mutually respectful relationships. Following the old adage, “give a man an app, and he will use it for one day, teach a man to design an app and he will share it with the world.” Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Abertay University Research Output Canada The 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication 310 314 |
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This paper focuses on the experiences of built coalitions between the authors, students and the Indigenous peoples involved in a study of digital design. Ontario Tech University has been working with the Indigenous communities of the First Nations in Ontario, Canada. The report begins with a brief overview of the issues faced by the Indigenous communities in Canada. For example, retaining their traditional language, knowledge, and culture on their traditional lands. The paper then outlines the study's design and methods to understand how technology may help the Indigenous community address these issues. To do this, the authors set up a course project for 21 graduate students in Computer Science at Ontario Tech University in Winter 2021. The students were formed into nine groups. Each group was assigned the design and development an interactive design product prototype that would address some of the Indigenous community’s social issues considering user experience and co-design from the outset. Lastly, the report shares the findings of the study and discusses the success of ‘Nothing about us, without us’ and how the prototypes may ameliorate the issues faced by the Indigenous peoples. The takeaway that we aim for is an understanding that no matter how honourable it may seem to create something on their behalf, it is essential to involve the primary culture/language speakers. We also intend to create a model for this mutual collaboration which then can be pursued to enable mutually respectful relationships. Following the old adage, “give a man an app, and he will use it for one day, teach a man to design an app and he will share it with the world.” |
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Harbord , C , Hung , P C K & Falconer , R 2021 , "Nothing about us, without us" : an investigation into the justification for Indigenous peoples to be involved in every step of Indigenous digital product design . in Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication : Building Coalitions. Worldwide, SIGDOC 2021 . Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , New York , pp. 310-314 , The 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication , 12/10/21 . https://doi.org/10.1145/3472714.3473657 |
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