Decolonizing Technology through a Tipi: Creation of an Indigenous Mobile Application at York University

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dc.contributor.advisorChen, Stephen Y.
dc.creatorBanos, Alejandro Mayoral
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-25T14:03:46Z
dc.date.available2016-11-25T14:03:46Z
dc.date.copyright2016-06-30
dc.date.issued2016-11-25
dc.date.updated2016-11-25T14:03:46Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis research explores the possibilities of how Information technologies can be designed and created by/for/with Indigenous peoples in order to be potentially decolonized. Indigenous members of the Centre for Aboriginal Student Services at York University participated in the design of a mobile application to address the needs of, and challenges faced by Indigenous students within a largely non-Indigenous university environment in Canada. The interdisciplinary design of said application integrated Indigenous knowledge of Tipis into a software development methodology in order to create a safe space and include some fundamental cultural elements. The analysis of current cases in the context of Indigeneity and technology around the world provided the principles to design this integrated software design methodology.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/32700
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectInformation technology
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous
dc.subject.keywordsTechnology
dc.subject.keywordsMobile
dc.subject.keywordsDecolonizing
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous Methodology
dc.subject.keywordsSoftware
dc.subject.keywordsDesigning
dc.subject.keywordsMobile Application
dc.subject.keywordsNative
dc.titleDecolonizing Technology through a Tipi: Creation of an Indigenous Mobile Application at York University
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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