The Space Between Us
The Space Between Us: Col(lab)orations Within Indigenous, Circumpolar and Pacific Places Through Digital Media and Design
Can we transform public spaces -- such as universities and downtown cores -- to forge new relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, in Canada and internationally?
The Space Between Us is an international partnership that explores how digital and new media art, created through innovative incubator labs, workshops, makerspaces and symposia, might create new paradigms for community engagement extending to remote and rural communities both nationally and abroad.
We aim to create new models for institutions and cities to engage underserved members of marginalized communities, leading to the creation of new knowledges, advanced training opportunities, capacity building, higher enrollment in education, and Indigenous cultural resurgence. We will investigate the role of Indigenous new media production in the project of decolonization, and advance new research on how to create a self-sustaining project that builds long-term capacity in these communities.
Our Vision
To examine different models and methodologies in digital and new media, and to create new models for institutions and cities to engage underserved members of marginalized communities, leading to the creation of new knowledges, advanced training opportunities, capacity building, higher enrolment in education, and Indigenous cultural resurgence. To demonstrate the role of Indigenous new media production in the project of decolonization, and advance new research on how to create a self-sustaining project that builds long-term capacity in underserved communities. Through our collaborative work, this research will enhance international connections and strengthen intellectual relationships among nations with shared colonial histories in the three areas of Canada, Circumpolar and Pacific connections to in digital and new media technology in the future.