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Typing in Syllabics
In my post on Language Revitalization, I shared some background about the role of oral and written language in several Indigenous Nations, and how syllabics function. The shape of the syllabic character determines the consonant, and the orientation or rotation of the symbol determines the vowel, for instance in the Plains Cree language ᓂ=ni, ᓀ=ne,…
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Type Design
As part of my literature review, I’m exploring two distinct literatures. The first is about Indigenous sovereignty, with a particular focus on language revitalization and reclamation. The second is about type design, specifically literature concerning current methodologies and technologies of typeface production and the challenges of creating multi-script fonts. I’ve also been refining my proposal…
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Two-Eyed Seeing
As I started reading about Indigenous sovereignty earlier this year, I was introduced to the topic of two-eyed seeing. It’s an approach to research, planning, and policy that aims to include both western and Indigenous worldviews. Is two-eyed seeing simply another academic construct to maintain the status quo, or can it actually support the dismantling…
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Language Revitalization
This month I’ve been reading about Indigenous language, why it’s so important, and how it can be revitalized. More specifically I’ve been reading about Indigenous language revitalization and reclamation (ILRR) which is a term used by Dr. Paul John Meighan in his manuscript-based PhD thesis What is language for us?. Dr. Meighan defines language reclamation…
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Unlearning
My progress this first month has been chiefly reading and reflections. Reading Leanne Simpson’s As We Have Always Done and re-reading Dori Tunstall’s Decolonizing Design has caused me to reconsider my relationship with the land as a white colonial settler of European descent. I am grappling with fresh questions about my positionality. In what ways…
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Introduction
Greetings and welcome! This blog will serve as detailed documentation of my major research project (MRP) as part of the Masters of Digital Media (MDM) program at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Through this medium, I’ll share my progress, insights, challenges, and useful takeaways from my academic research journey. Since graduating from OCADU in 2006, I’ve…