Sharing deep history as digital knowledge: An ontology of the Sq'éwlets website project. (October 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Sharing deep history as digital knowledge: An ontology of the Sq'éwlets website project. (October 2016)
- Main Title:
- Sharing deep history as digital knowledge: An ontology of the Sq'éwlets website project
- Authors:
- Lyons, Natasha
Schaepe, David M
Hennessy, Kate
Blake, Michael
Pennier, Clarence
Welch, John R
McIntosh, Kyle
Phillips, Andy
Charlie, Betty
Hall, Clifford
Hall, Lucille
Kadir, Aynur
Point, Alicia
Pennier, Vi
Phillips, Reginald
Muntean, Reese
Williams, Johnny
Williams, John
Chapman, Joseph
Pennier, Colin - Abstract:
- Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, and relation. This paper presents an ontology of the Sq'éwlets Virtual Museum of Canada Website Project, a project that has focused on creating a digital community biography of the Sq'éwlets First Nation (www.digitalsqewlets.ca ). Based on several decades of community archaeology and the recent production of short video documentaries, the website presents a long-term perspective of what it means to be a Sq'éwlets person and community member today. We explore how this project came to focus on the nature of being Sq'éwlets; how community members conceived the nature, structure, and nomenclature of the website; and how this Sq'éwlets being-ness is translated for outside audiences. We suggest what lessons this approach has for anthropological conventions of naming and knowing as they relate to Indigenous histories, and consider how archaeological knowledge can be transformed into a digital platform within a community-based process.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of social archaeology. Volume 16:Number 3(2016:Oct.)
- Journal:
- Journal of social archaeology
- Issue:
- Volume 16:Number 3(2016:Oct.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 16, Issue 3 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0016-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 359
- Page End:
- 384
- Publication Date:
- 2016-10
- Subjects:
- Sq'éwlets-Scowlitz -- Qithyil -- ontology -- website -- digital representation -- critical community archaeology -- intangible heritage -- Stó:lō-Coast Salish
Social archaeology -- Periodicals
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- http://jsa.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1469605316668451 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1469-6053
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