GeoffCain: Indigenous Cultures: From Observing to Experiencing, from Videography to 3D VR Immersion

GeoffCain: Indigenous Cultures: From Observing to Experiencing, from Videography to 3D VR Immersion: "Indigenous Cultures: From Observing to Experiencing, from Videography to 3D VR Immersion Wednesday, October 24 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Track 1: Indigenous Cultures: From Observing to Experiencing, from Videography to 3D VR Immersion Grand Ballroom C, 2nd Floor (Sheraton Hotel) * Linc Kesler, Director & Associate Professor, First Nations Studies Program, The University of British Columbia * Ulrich Rauch, Director, Arts Instructional Support & Information Technology, The University of British Columbia A challenge arises in making digital information and communication technologies accessible to indigenous communities. From digital preservation of cultural and historic artifacts to embedding culturally sensitive materials in academic courses, technology can become a double-edged sword: it can be deployed to obfuscate a critical analysis of how “communication” is understood as meaningful by First Nations themselves."