Transcript IBM Co-op Presentation: Rory K. Shaw

UNM Art & Computation
and Art & Virtual Computer
Applications Courses
Student Perspectives and experiences from the
2006 – 2007 and 2007 – 2008 school years in the
New Visions, New Voices project.
August 2008
Sandpainting Project
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Felix Vigil, painter
from Jemez Pueblo
First Class Project
Semester 1
development of
story through a
visual element.
A trip to see the awesome power of
Indigeneity!!!
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Chaco Culture
National Historical
Park has around 12
sites that were in
use by Indigenous
people at one point.
A trip to see the awesome power of
Indigeneity!!!
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This trip was intended to
bring out the creative
thoughts for
our virtual world project.
Within Chaco Canyon:
the village known as
Pueblo Bonito was used
for inspiration for our
First semester project.
Our Trip To Museum of Indian Art and
Culture in Santa Fe, NM
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A quest for inspiration
Students took a behind
the scenes tour of the
museum.
Cultural items provided a
medium for our
creativity linking our past
and the present.
Our Native Languages
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3 different languages used in class projects:
Diné (Navajo)
Towa (Jemez)
Shiwi (Zuni)
A tool to encourage use our Native
Languages
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Use of modern and evolving technology.
Putting our Native Languages into modern
day context.
It is a means to bring the different Native
Languages together.
Multimedia with its interactivity and ability to
combine audio, text and pictures – is ideal for
language education and should be specifically
tailored to preserve and teach Native
languages.
Guest Artists
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Felix Vigil (Jemez Pueblo/Jicarilla Apache)
Bruce King (Oneida)
Larry McNeil (Tlingit/Nishga)
Manny Rettinger (Mexican
American/Apache)
Joy Harjo (Muskogee Creek)
Raven Chacon (Dine)
Nick Galanin (Tlingit)
Erica Lord (Athabascan/Inupiat)
Bunky Echo-Hawk (Pawnee/Yakama)
Advantages of Multimedia
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New technologies can intuitively bring
together a generation with elder knowledge
and a technically savvy younger generation to
reach out to kids who are more comfortable
and literate in computers.
Year 1 Students
Kellen Shelendewa
Rory LaMarr
Janice Tosa
Arlan Sando
Venancio Aragon
Towana Yepa
JayCee Beyale
Chelsey Barton
Juanita Toledo
Year 2 Students
Delia Halona
Loucia Jose
Kellen Shelendewa
Chelsey Barton
Juanita Toledo
Francis Montoya
Vanessa Whitehorse
Venancio Aragon
Jaycee Beyale
Tobias Major
Jonathan Pino
Daphne Littlebear
Josh Rivera