Bringing Indigenous Kamchatka to Google Earth: Collaborative Digital Mapping with the Itelmen Peoples

• Published in: Sibirica
• Main Authors: Thom, Brian, Colombi, Benedict J., Degai, Tatiana
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Sibirica 2016
• Subjects: collaborative methodologies; Google Earth; Indigenous language revitalization; Indigenous mapping; Itelmen (Kamchatka; Russia); Kamchatka; Russian Far East; Arctic; Kamchatka Peninsula; Itelmen; Sibirica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3167/sib.2016.150301; https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8405

Indigenous peoples in the Russian Far East are engaged in vibrant cultural and linguistic resurgence and revitalization through their community and regional organizations. Through the activities of one of these organizations, a computer-aided cultural mapping project was initiated in collaboration w...