Seeds of a Future World: Science and Technology in the Digital Art of Elizabeth LaPensée
This article examines how the decolonial practice of digital artist Elizabeth LaPensée deals with colonial representations of science and technology. In colonial images, the ideological prejudice that Indigenous people belong in the past and are incapable of a future of higher sciences manifests its...
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fturegensbcopas:oai:ojs.rzbvm008:article/272 2023-05-15T13:28:29+02:00 Seeds of a Future World: Science and Technology in the Digital Art of Elizabeth LaPensée Baudemann, Kristina Elizabeth LaPensée 2017-07-06 application/pdf https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/article/view/272 https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.272 eng eng Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/article/view/272/372 https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/article/view/272 doi:10.5283/copas.272 Copyright (c) 2017 Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies; Bd. 18, Nr. 1 (2017) 1861-6127 science technology biskaabiiyang Indigenous futurisms science fiction visual art Native American art sovereignty decolonization future info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 fturegensbcopas https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.272 2022-11-23T07:01:51Z This article examines how the decolonial practice of digital artist Elizabeth LaPensée deals with colonial representations of science and technology. In colonial images, the ideological prejudice that Indigenous people belong in the past and are incapable of a future of higher sciences manifests itself in a pervasive visual language. The colonial imagery that pitches developed versus primitive technology is frequently reproduced in contemporary representations. Creating art that takes into account her Anishinaabe and Métis worldviews, LaPensée challenges these racist notions and dismantles the colonial structures at their roots. This article reads LaPensée’s digital works alongside the artist’s own comments as depictions of Indigenous scientific literacies that do not rely on colonial symbolism. By telling stories about sustainable futures with a recurrent imagery, LaPensée offers viewers a representational, anti-colonial language with which these futures can be imagined. Article in Journal/Newspaper anishina* Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies (COPAS - E-Journal) |
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This article examines how the decolonial practice of digital artist Elizabeth LaPensée deals with colonial representations of science and technology. In colonial images, the ideological prejudice that Indigenous people belong in the past and are incapable of a future of higher sciences manifests itself in a pervasive visual language. The colonial imagery that pitches developed versus primitive technology is frequently reproduced in contemporary representations. Creating art that takes into account her Anishinaabe and Métis worldviews, LaPensée challenges these racist notions and dismantles the colonial structures at their roots. This article reads LaPensée’s digital works alongside the artist’s own comments as depictions of Indigenous scientific literacies that do not rely on colonial symbolism. By telling stories about sustainable futures with a recurrent imagery, LaPensée offers viewers a representational, anti-colonial language with which these futures can be imagined. |
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