Indigenous Artists Working with Digital Materials

Authors

Luke A. Meeken, Miami UniversityFollow

Files

Type of Resource

Thematic curricular modules

Description

This is a static PDF version of the online resource found here: https://www.gildedgreen.com/indigital This document contains the five thematic curricular modules from the online resource but does not contain the always-growing online database of contemporary Indigenous digital artists, who can be found at the above link.

This resource includes several thematic modules designed for use by educators of preservice art teachers, which can be adapted for use in graduate and undergraduate level courses (and parts of which will be deployed in my own elementary and secondary methods courses). These could be used in whole or in part, and are designed to be usable in a variety of contexts. This resource also includes a database of Indigenous artists working with digital materials, tagged and sortable by material processes, themes addressed, and tribal/community affiliation. This is intended to be useful for art educators in higher ed and K-12 contexts who may already be working within a curricular structure (e.g. an introduction to game design course, an animation course) who are interested in including contemporary Indigenous artists in their teaching.

Keywords

Middle School, High School, Higher Education, Boundaries, Conflict, Diversity, History, Identity, Literacy, Materiality, Space/ Place, Visual Culture, Decolonization; Indigeneity; Language; Futurity; Authenticity, Classroom, Museum, Virtual/ Digital, Digital Media, Mixed Media/ Multimedia, Coolaboration, Conversation, Mapping, Curriculum Development

Disciplines

Anthropology | Art Education | Arts and Humanities | Social Justice | Sociology

Date

2025

Date of Submission

3-12-2025