May be of interest to some here:
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http://www.indigenousliterarystudies.org/decolonizing-the-digital/
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Decolonizing the Digital: First Peoples' On-Line Presence
From the use of social media during the Idle No More movement to the growth
of on-line magazines and educational platforms, Canada's First Peoples are increasingly using the internet as a space of resistance, community development, and as a platform for sharing and preserving language and tradition. The essay collection Decolonizing the Digital: First Peoples' On-Line Presence will merge Digital Humanities with Indigenous Studies in order to explore how First Peoples are mobilizing various on-line formats in the service of cultural protection and dissemination.
Possible essay topics could include:
Language apps Social media and protest/resistance Interactive website, such as Pearson Education's The Ruptured Sky: The War of 1812 Online graphic novels The role of podcasts Bias in digital archiving Storytelling/orature websites, such as the Skins Workshops on Aboriginal Storytelling and Video Game Development The role of Youtube in cultural sharing The use of digital resources in the classroom
Please forward your essay or essay proposal to Jesse Archibald-Barber, Associate Professor, First Nations University of Canada (jbarber@fnuniv.ca) and to Jessica Langston, Adjunct Professor, Concordia University ( jessica.langston@concordia.ca).
Essay proposals 500-1000 words; Essays 2000-8000 words
Deadline for proposals: Feb. 15, 2015
Deadline for essays: May 15, 2015