Marisa Duarte
I study the evolution of information and technology and the impacts in Indigenous and tribal communities. I also study Native ways of knowing as forms of Indigenous resistance and endurance.
I am a member of the Indigenous Information Research Group at the University of Washington Information School. Our approach is grounded in Indigenous methodologies, nurtured by a critical reading of Western epistemologies in light of both our own tribal ways of knowing, as well as the broader Native American and global Indigenous experience. As a group, we work together to raise the level of discourse to theory.
The work that I do--sharing knowledge with students, academics, policy-makers, and tribal community members about information, technology, and knowledge--requires an understanding of information and technology; the practical functions of information institutions such as libraries, archives, and museums; the critical geopolitics of Indigeneity; and Indigenous North American and Western philosophies of science.
The end goal of the work of the Indigenous Information Research Group is contribution to the flourishing of Native nations and Indigenous peoples.
Supervisors: Cheryl Metoyer, Raya Fidel, Maria Elena Garcia, and David Levy
Address: http://marisaduarte.net
I am a member of the Indigenous Information Research Group at the University of Washington Information School. Our approach is grounded in Indigenous methodologies, nurtured by a critical reading of Western epistemologies in light of both our own tribal ways of knowing, as well as the broader Native American and global Indigenous experience. As a group, we work together to raise the level of discourse to theory.
The work that I do--sharing knowledge with students, academics, policy-makers, and tribal community members about information, technology, and knowledge--requires an understanding of information and technology; the practical functions of information institutions such as libraries, archives, and museums; the critical geopolitics of Indigeneity; and Indigenous North American and Western philosophies of science.
The end goal of the work of the Indigenous Information Research Group is contribution to the flourishing of Native nations and Indigenous peoples.
Supervisors: Cheryl Metoyer, Raya Fidel, Maria Elena Garcia, and David Levy
Address: http://marisaduarte.net
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Indigenous researchers consider the aesthetic, political, ethical, and material implications of informatic imperialism as it ripples through global networks, state institutions, and tribes, and reverberates within the Indigenous person. In the arts, creation instills Native ways of knowing, and is visually encoded in what moderns call art or artifact. In history, leaders revisit the record of their past to find strategies for surviving neocolonialism. In the interface between institution and memory, Indigenous archivists practice an ethic founded in community, reciprocity, and reverence. And in politics, Indigenous activists use communication technologies to build networks of solidarity against technocratic forces exploiting Native peoples, lands, and knowledge. Indeed, Indigenous scholars removed from homelands use communication technologies to create networks of sustained dialogue on these issues. How will these uses shape Native systems of knowledge?
Indigenous researchers consider the aesthetic, political, ethical, and material implications of informatic imperialism as it ripples through global networks, state institutions, and tribes, and reverberates within the Indigenous person. In the arts, creation instills Native ways of knowing, and is visually encoded in what moderns call art or artifact. In history, leaders revisit the record of their past to find strategies for surviving neocolonialism. In the interface between institution and memory, Indigenous archivists practice an ethic founded in community, reciprocity, and reverence. And in politics, Indigenous activists use communication technologies to build networks of solidarity against technocratic forces exploiting Native peoples, lands, and knowledge. Indeed, Indigenous scholars removed from homelands use communication technologies to create networks of sustained dialogue on these issues. How will these uses shape Native systems of knowledge?