Examining the Potential Use of the Collaborative-Geomatics Informatics Tool to Foster Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in a Remote First Nation Community
Northern First Nations in Canada have experienced environmental change throughout history, adapting to these changes based on personal experience interacting with their environment. Community members of Fort Albany First Nation of northern Ontario, Canada, have voiced their concern that their youth...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland
2013-10-01
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| author | Andrea Isogai Daniel D. McCarthy Holly L. Gardner Jim D. Karagatzides Skye Vandenberg Christine Barbeau Nadia Charania Vicky Edwards Don Cowan Leonard J.S. Tsuji |
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Northern First Nations in Canada have experienced environmental change throughout history, adapting to these changes based on personal experience interacting with their environment. Community members of Fort Albany First Nation of northern Ontario, Canada, have voiced their concern that their youths’ connection to the land is diminishing, making this generation more vulnerable to environmental change. Community members previously identified the collaborative-geomatics informatics tool as potentially useful for fostering intergenerational knowledge transfer. In this article, we assess the potential of the informatics tool to reconnect youth with the surrounding land in order to strengthen the adaptive capacity of Fort Albany First Nation. The tool was introduced to students in an environmental-outreach camp that included traditional activities. Students used global positioning systems and geo-tagged photographs that were loaded onto the informatics tool. Semi-directed interviews revealed that the students enjoyed the visual and spatial capabilities of the system, and recognised its potential to be used in conjunction with traditional activities. This pilot study suggests that the tool has the potential to be used by youth to provide an opportunity for the intergenerational transfer of Indigenous knowledge, but further evaluation is required.
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| spelling | doaj.art-fce03bccdd7647d2a1fd0959327628ea2023-01-03T02:53:21ZengAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of QueenslandThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education2049-77842013-10-0142110.1017/jie.2013.10Examining the Potential Use of the Collaborative-Geomatics Informatics Tool to Foster Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in a Remote First Nation CommunityAndrea Isogai0Daniel D. McCarthy1Holly L. Gardner2Jim D. Karagatzides3Skye Vandenberg4Christine Barbeau5Nadia Charania6Vicky EdwardsDon Cowan7Leonard J.S. Tsuji8University of WaterlooUniversity of WaterlooUniversity of WaterlooGeorgian CollegeUniversity of WaterlooUniversity of WaterlooUniversity of WaterlooUniversity of WaterlooUniversity of Waterloo Northern First Nations in Canada have experienced environmental change throughout history, adapting to these changes based on personal experience interacting with their environment. Community members of Fort Albany First Nation of northern Ontario, Canada, have voiced their concern that their youths’ connection to the land is diminishing, making this generation more vulnerable to environmental change. Community members previously identified the collaborative-geomatics informatics tool as potentially useful for fostering intergenerational knowledge transfer. In this article, we assess the potential of the informatics tool to reconnect youth with the surrounding land in order to strengthen the adaptive capacity of Fort Albany First Nation. The tool was introduced to students in an environmental-outreach camp that included traditional activities. Students used global positioning systems and geo-tagged photographs that were loaded onto the informatics tool. Semi-directed interviews revealed that the students enjoyed the visual and spatial capabilities of the system, and recognised its potential to be used in conjunction with traditional activities. This pilot study suggests that the tool has the potential to be used by youth to provide an opportunity for the intergenerational transfer of Indigenous knowledge, but further evaluation is required. https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/96adaptive capacityFirst Nationscollaborative geomaticsenvironmental changeIndigenous knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Isogai Daniel D. McCarthy Holly L. Gardner Jim D. Karagatzides Skye Vandenberg Christine Barbeau Nadia Charania Vicky Edwards Don Cowan Leonard J.S. Tsuji Examining the Potential Use of the Collaborative-Geomatics Informatics Tool to Foster Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in a Remote First Nation Community The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education adaptive capacity First Nations collaborative geomatics environmental change Indigenous knowledge |
| title | Examining the Potential Use of the Collaborative-Geomatics Informatics Tool to Foster Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in a Remote First Nation Community |
| title_full | Examining the Potential Use of the Collaborative-Geomatics Informatics Tool to Foster Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in a Remote First Nation Community |
| title_fullStr | Examining the Potential Use of the Collaborative-Geomatics Informatics Tool to Foster Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in a Remote First Nation Community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the Potential Use of the Collaborative-Geomatics Informatics Tool to Foster Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in a Remote First Nation Community |
| title_short | Examining the Potential Use of the Collaborative-Geomatics Informatics Tool to Foster Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in a Remote First Nation Community |
| title_sort | examining the potential use of the collaborative geomatics informatics tool to foster intergenerational transfer of knowledge in a remote first nation community |
| topic | adaptive capacity First Nations collaborative geomatics environmental change Indigenous knowledge |
| url | https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/96 |
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