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Title | He Au Hou: (Re)coding Hawaiian Survivance Through Gaming |
Presenter(s) | Rian Barreras, Michelle Lee Brown and Daniel Kauwila Mahi |
Session | Indigenous Games |
Time | Thursday, October 11, 11:00a-12:00p |
Location | Lake Ontario |
Format | Paper Presentation |
Description | This paper is an exploration of the intersections of video game building, meaningful learning, and Hawaiian culture. It also takes up the challenges and rewards of organizing and running an inclusive trans-Indigenous workshops involving Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants and instructors from Turtle Island and Oceania. Further, this co-authored research investigates identity building, cultural development, programming and game creation from Hawaiian cultural and ontological perspectives, as well as the creation of connections to cultural heritage through developing a video game based in Hawaiian ways of knowing. |