Decolonizing Computing: Centering Indigenous, Women of Color Epistemologies in Ancestral Computing for Re-Villagizing

• In Event: Modernity, Coloniality, and Indigenous Knowledges

Abstract

Centering Shawn Wilson’s research paradigm (2008), six faculty of color and three students of color examined Ancestral Computing for Re-Villagizing (ACR). The primary goal of this project is to research the incorporation of ancestral knowledge systems (AKS) and computing as disciplines that co-create positive learning ecologies for marginalized communities, especially women of color, towards sustainable computing. Specifically, ACR research: 1) Investigated how students’ multiple identities (academic and personal), futuristic thinking, relationship with the earth/environment, sustainable computing, and AKS intersect (or not) with learning computing; 2) Understand AKS upon which underserved students rely on and help them persist in education; and 3) Establish ACR Networks inclusive of faculty and students of color across six institutions.

Authors

• Cueponcaxochitl D. Moreno Sandoval, California State University - Stanislaus
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• Joseph F. Carroll-Miranda, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
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• April Lindala, Northern Michigan University
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• Michelle C Chatman, University of the District of Columbia
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• Marlen Martinez-Lopez, California State University - Stanislaus
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• Alyssa Lopez, University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras
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• Jeffery S. Fleming, University of the District of Columbia
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• Ebony Terrell Shockley, University of Maryland
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