Indigenous Computing

Tools, Theory, and Design Practices for Digital Self-determination, Appropriation Resistance, and Data Reclamation

Overview

Spotlights

Colton Boyd: Outstanding Academic & Reseach in STEM

Boyd is a Cal Poly Humboldt student mentored by the IV/LAB's Sean Dorr

Toward Indigenous Data Science

UMN OVPR's Research Computing Program provides seed grant support to the Toward Indigenous Data Science project team.

Sean Dorr awarded Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) for the 2023-24 academic year!

Congratulations Sean!

Augmented Paafu Mat Installation to be Exhibited in Australia

10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10) Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Australia

Research studio to put art first—with the help of science and technology

CS&E faculty involved in creating collaborative ArTeS space

Navigating Indigenous Futures with the Mississippi River

A report from the Back to Indigenous Futures project team on the most recent on-campus event.

Milanesian community launches their new outrigger!

The Micronesian community of Milan, MN created the new canoe with support from local Dakota communities and the Back to Indigenous Futures project.

Using canoes and virtual reality, local project explores Indigenous traditions

A project funded by the provost’s Grand Challenges Research brings Indigenous communities together while advancing science and technology.

Publications

2024

Journal and Conference Articles

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Toward Indigenous Presence: A Radical Relationality Approach for Designing Mixed-Reality Indigenous Data Experiences

Sean J. Dorr, James W. Rock, Vicente M. Diaz, and Daniel F. Keefe. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications To appear, 10 pages.

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2022

Invited Talks

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Designing with Data. Experiencing Data

Daniel F. Keefe, Sean Dorr, Virajita Singh, and Vicente Diaz. Invited talk, UCSD Design Lab, Design@Large Speaker Series, San Diego, CA.

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2021

Undergraduate Honors Theses

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Indigenous Language Revitalization using Virtual Reality

Colton Werner. Honors Thesis, University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

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2020

Journal and Conference Articles

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Indigenous Relationalities at, in, and with Ȟaȟáwakpa [Dakota] / Misi-Ziibi[Anishinaabe] / the Mississippi River

Vicente M. Diaz, Michael J. Dockry, G.-H. Crystal Ng, Virajita Singh, Daniel F Keefe, Katie Johnston- Goodstar, Roxanne Biidabinokwe Gould, Jim Rock, and Christine Taitano DeLisle. Open Rivers Journal 17, 63–73.

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Projects

Back to Indigenous Futures

A UMN Grand Challenges Project

Lab Members

Daniel F. Keefe