{"id":2086,"date":"2016-10-04T23:59:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T23:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2016-10-05T00:08:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T00:08:18","slug":"new-article-in-the-journal-of-social-archaeology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/new-article-in-the-journal-of-social-archaeology\/","title":{"rendered":"New article in the Journal of Social Archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the digitalsqewlets.ca team have just published an article in the Journal of Social Archaeology called “Sharing deep history\u00a0as digital knowledge:\u00a0An ontology of\u00a0the Sq\u2019e\u00b4wlets\u00a0website project”<\/strong>\u00a0[link to pdf]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, and\u00a0relation. This paper presents an ontology of the\u00a0Sq\u00e9\u00b4wlets Virtual Museum of Canada\u00a0Website Project, a project that has focused on creating a digital community biography\u00a0of the Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets First Nation (www.digitalsqewlets.ca). Based on several decades of community\u00a0archaeology and the recent production of short video documentaries, the website\u00a0presents a long-term perspective of what it means to be a Sq\u2019e\u00b4wlets person and community\u00a0member today.We explore how this project came to focus on the nature of being\u00a0Sq\u2019e\u00b4wlets; how community members conceived the nature, structure, and nomenclature\u00a0of the website; and how this Sq\u2019e\u00b4wlets being-ness is translated for outside audiences. We\u00a0suggest what lessons this approach has for anthropological conventions of naming and\u00a0knowing as they relate to Indigenous histories, and consider how archaeological knowledge\u00a0can be transformed into a digital platform within a community-based process.<\/p>\n

Author Biographies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Natasha Lyons<\/strong> is director and founding partner of Ursus Heritage Consulting and\u00a0Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University.\u00a0She conducts critical community-based research in archaeology, ethnobotany, and\u00a0palaeoethnobotany with First Nations and Inuit communities throughout Western\u00a0Canada and the Arctic.<\/p>\n

David M Schaepe<\/strong> is director and senior archaeologist of the St\u00f3:lo Research andResource Management Centre at St\u00f3:lo Nation and Adjunct Faculty in the School\u00a0of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. He has\u00a0worked for 20 years to address issues of aboriginal rights and title, heritage management\u00a0policy and practice, repatriation, land use planning, archaeological\u00a0research, and education and outreach.<\/p>\n

Kate Hennessy<\/strong> is associate professor in the School of Interactive Arts and\u00a0Technology at Simon Fraser University and director of Making Culture Lab.\u00a0She is a cultural anthropologist whose research explores the role of digital technology\u00a0in the documentation and safeguarding of cultural heritage, and the mediation\u00a0of culture, history, objects, and subjects in new forms.<\/p>\n

Michael Blake<\/strong> is professor and head of the Department of Anthropology and\u00a0former Director of the Laboratory of Archaeology at the University of British\u00a0Columbia. His research interests include the emergence of social and political complexity,\u00a0the origins and spread of agriculture, and household and settlement archaeology\u00a0in both the Pacific Northwest and Mesoamerica.<\/p>\n

Grand Chief Clarence Pennier<\/strong> is a policy analyst for St\u00f3:lo Tribal Council, a society\u00a0whose mandate is to provide representation and governance for the member First\u00a0Nations of St\u00f3:lo. In his capacity as Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets Chief, Clarence Pennier initiated the\u00a0archaeological investigations at the ancestral site of Qithyil in the early 1990s and\u00a0has guided the project research team since its inception.<\/p>\n

John R Welch<\/strong> is professor and director of the Professional MA in Heritage\u00a0Resource Management in the Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser\u00a0University and is cross-appointed to the School of Resource and Environmental\u00a0Management. His research is grounded in broad questions about how culture- and\u00a0place-based communities define, protect, use, and sustain their biophysical and\u00a0cultural heritage.<\/p>\n

Kyle McIntosh<\/strong> is a web designer and founder of Popgun Media. He has designed\u00a0and developed a wide range of digital media products and virtual exhibits, including\u00a0Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets: A St\u00f3:lo-Coast Salish Community in the Fraser River Valley (http:\/\/www.digitalsqewlets.ca\/).<\/p>\n

Andy Phillips<\/strong> is a policy analyst for St\u00f3:lo Tribal Council. In his capacity as\u00a0Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets Chief, Andy Phillips instigated the Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets Virtual Museum of\u00a0Canada Project in order to re-unite Qithyil collections online and share his community\u2019s\u00a0knowledge and history.<\/p>\n

Betty Charlie<\/strong> is a Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets elder and knowledge-holder. She has been an integral\u00a0cultural advisor to archaeologists and other historical researchers about Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets\u00a0history and spiritual practices, and a longtime participant in archaeological investigations\u00a0in the territory.<\/p>\n

Clifford Hall<\/strong> is a Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets elder and knowledge-holder. He has been an integral\u00a0cultural advisor to archaeologists and other historical researchers, and a longtime\u00a0participant in archaeological investigations in the territory.<\/p>\n

Lucille Hall<\/strong> is a Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets elder and knowledge-holder. She has been an integral\u00a0cultural advisor to archaeologists and other historical researchers, and a primary\u00a0community organizer for the Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets Virtual Museum of Canada Project.<\/p>\n

Aynur Kadir<\/strong> is a media anthropologist, digital archivist, and doctoral researcher at\u00a0the Making Culture Lab, Simon Fraser University. She works with local communities\u00a0in northwest China and the Pacific Northwest to develop digital media that\u00a0document, manage, interpret, and represent indigenous cultural heritage.<\/p>\n

Alicia Point<\/strong> is a coast salish artist and Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets elder and knowledge-holder. She\u00a0produced the mirror image sturgeon logo that serves as the primary thematic element\u00a0of the Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets Virtual Museum of Canada website.<\/p>\n

Vi Pennier<\/strong> is a Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets elder and knowledge-holder. She is an active and longtime\u00a0contributor of Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets history and knowledge.<\/p>\n

Reginald Phillips<\/strong> is a Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets elder and knowledge-holder. He is an active contributor\u00a0to the Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets Virtual Museum of Canada Project.<\/p>\n

Reese Muntean<\/strong> is a doctoral researcher in the Making Culture Lab at Simon Fraser\u00a0University\u2019s School of Interactive Arts + Technology. Her research interests\u00a0include digital cultural heritage and collaborative development of ethnographic\u00a0new media projects.<\/p>\n

Johnny (Sonny) Williams Jr.<\/strong> is a Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets member and cultural liaison to the\u00a0Mission School District and Leader, with his wife Chrystal, of the Golden\u00a0Eagles Canoe Club. Sonny has been involved with archaeology at Qithyil since\u00a0his early years.<\/p>\n

John Williams Sr<\/strong>. is a Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets elder and knowledge-holder. He is an active and\u00a0longtime contributor of Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets history and knowledge, and has been an important\u00a0adviser to the all of the archaeologists and researchers working in the territory.<\/p>\n

Joseph Chapman<\/strong> is a Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets member and social development coordinator for\u00a0Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets First Nation. He has helped to coordinate Youth & Elders Camps as part\u00a0of the Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets Virtual Museum of Canada Project and has contributed his knowledge\u00a0and experiences of being raised Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets.<\/p>\n

Colin Pennier<\/strong> is current chief of Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets First Nation. He has helped to coordinate\u00a0many aspects of the Sq\u2019\u00e9wlets Virtual Museum of Canada Project.<\/p>\n

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Members of the digitalsqewlets.ca team have just published an article in the Journal of Social Archaeology called “Sharing deep history\u00a0as digital knowledge:\u00a0An ontology of\u00a0the Sq\u2019e\u00b4wlets\u00a0website project”\u00a0[link to pdf]. Abstract Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, and\u00a0relation. This paper presents an ontology of the\u00a0Sq\u00e9\u00b4wlets Virtual Museum of Canada\u00a0Website Project, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,46,1],"tags":[148,150,145,149,152,153,151,146,147],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2091,"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions\/2091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hennessy.iat.sfu.ca\/mcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}