Anthropology 316ND - Special Topics in Anthropology: 'Indigenous Data Sovereignty'

This course offers a qualitative approach to Indigenous Data Sovereignty. As we explore examples of innovative tools and technologies, and investigate how Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing are online/in digital environments, we ground all learning in Indigenous ontologies: relationality, interconnectedness, and storytelling as a primary form of knowledge transmission. No system/structure for preserving or ensuring access to data is neutral; we will work together in a thought-experiment to radically reimagine digital infrastructures (as well as ideas about security and privacy online) from Indigenous perspectives.

Prereq: ANTHR-105 and at least one course in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS).