scholarly journals COMPUTER VISUALIZATION OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMUR REGION

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-49
Author(s):  
VLADISLAV EVGENIEVICH MATVEEV ◽  
◽  
ROMAN ANDREEVICH ALEKSANOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Amur Region ◽  
Computer Reconstruction ◽  
Computer Visualization ◽  
Virtual Modeling ◽  
Average Image

In this paper, a comparison is made between two methods of computer reconstruction and visualization of human appearance on the example of the indigenous peoples of the Amur region. Visualization takes place using modeling from an average image of a person from a photograph and using direct reconstruction from human remains (skull). This work assumes knowledge in the field of information technology, including virtual modeling.

The repatriation of human remains – problem or opportunity?

Antiquity ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (300) ◽  
pp. 404-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurajane Smith
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Historical Continuity

The editor’s question “who do human skeletons belong to?” (Antiquity 78: 5) can be answered positively, but it must be answered in context. The question was prompted by reports from the Working Group on Human Remains established by the British government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in 2001 to review the current legal status of human remains held in all publicly funded museums and galleries, and to consider and review submissions on the issue of the return of non-UK human remains to their descendent communities (DCMS 2003: 1-8). In effect, the report was primarily concerned with human remains from Indigenous communities, using a definition which follows the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as “distinct cultural groups having a historical continuity with pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories” (DCMS 2003:7). Consequently, the report deals primarily with the Indigenous communities of Australia, New Zealand and North America.

Modeling in the Classroom Using Squeak Etoys

2009 ◽  
pp. 334-349
Author(s):  
Shelby P. Morge
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Modeling Technology ◽  
Beliefs About Teaching ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Virtual Modeling

Recently adopted 21st Century goals stress the importance of preparing students for a globally competitive society by providing them with opportunities to develop skills in global literacy, problem solving, innovation, and creativity. These goals create a challenge for teachers to move beyond traditional beliefs about teaching and learning in order to implement new technologies and teaching strategies in the classroom. This chapter provides a brief overview of the process of blending a new technology into the classroom setting. The process involves selecting the new technology, learning how to use it, and using it in the classroom. As a specific example, this chapter describes how a NSF-funded project, entitled Using Squeak to Infuse Information Technology (USeIT), is helping teachers learn how to use a new virtual modeling technology, Squeak Etoys, and use it in their classrooms. The teachers have learned and used Squeak Etoys in a way that works best for them and their students. They have created models and problem-based learning (PBL) lesson plans correlated with state curriculum standards.

A Perspective on Ethics and the Reburial Controversy

1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 348-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony L. Klesert ◽  
Shirley Powell
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Professional Ethic ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Right Of Access ◽  
Proper Context ◽  
Grave Goods

It is our opinion that archaeologists have no inherent right of access to human remains, grave goods, or objects of cultural heritage; that respecting diverse cultural views does not amount to an abdication of academic freedom; that historically archaeologists have been unanthropological in their approach to living populations and inconsistent in their treatment of indigenous peoples; and that archaeologists are fighting a losing battle when they ignore public opinion and clash with indigenous groups in the name of science. We offer some guidelines that we feel will alleviate much of the current tensions between archaeologists and indigenous peoples. A professional ethic must be devised that is consciously anthropological, values the rights of those studied and their cultural descendants in their own terms, and places academic pursuits in their proper context.

Ara Irititja

2007 ◽  
pp. 146-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Hughes ◽  
John Dallwitz
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Database Design ◽  
Database System ◽  
Digital Archive ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
New Approach ◽  
It Project ◽  
Central Australia

The creation of a digital archive database system for the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people in Central Australia has been a challenging information technology (IT) project requiring unique thinking about database design, implementation and deployment. What might seem like sound, standards-based IT practice in a typical urban or academic location becomes unworkable in the physical realities of remote Australia and in the context of indigenous Australian cultural sensitivities. Based on the experience of the Ara Irititja Project, this chapter outlines the central issues facing the development of archive databases for indigenous peoples in remote Australia and points towards the need for a new approach to IT best practices in this context.

scholarly journals Regaining Authority: Setting the Agenda in Maori Heritage through the Control and Shaping of Data

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard O'Regan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Common Theme ◽  
The South ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Control ◽  
Associated Data

Conflict or a reconciliation of it is a common theme in discussions on indigenous peoples’ heritage. Whereas conflict is often expressed in claims of ownership and control, sometimes legally contested, this article suggests that the pragmatic issue of possessing and shaping the associated data is equally important to indigenous peoples’ attempt to reclaim their treasures. This idea is explored through case studies of the experience of the Ngai Tahu tribe of the South Island of New Zealand regarding the future of ancestral human remains and their rock art heritage.

scholarly journals Designing Cham Font Unicode Standard and Cham Keyboard

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 853
Author(s):  
Tuyet Nhung Buon Krong ◽  
Van Ngoc Sang ◽  
Mohamad Bin Bilal Ali
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Application Research ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
Fuzzy Delphi ◽  
Addie Model ◽  
United Nations Charter

The main purpose of this research is to design and develop the Cham font for Unicode standard and Cham keyboard application. Research sample is divided into two groups and research instrument distributed into three forms of survey. The Cham font Unicode standard and the Cham keyboard (Chamkey) was developed using ADDIE model. This survey, the acceptance of Cham font, and Cham keyboard view by fifty-four respondents and the results showed that 100% respondents either agreed or strongly agreed with every statement. In order to evaluate Cham font typeface, we choose fifty-four participants include academics, experts and students to evaluate the typefaces of Cham font using two forms. All of them totally agreed that the typeface of Cham fonts were designed exactly for all alphanumeric Cham letters with the result for EFEO Cam Times is 99.12% and EFEO Cam Arial is 99.64%. Viewed by sixteen experts using Fuzzy Delphi for Cham keyboard application the results show that percentage of all items are 100%, more than what required (75%), the value of d for total construct is 0.08 (required d ≤ 0.2). Thus, it can be concluded that all sixteen experts have come to a consensus that the Cham keyboard is acceptable. In order to preserve and promote the cultural heritage as well as the language and Cham scripts of the United Nations Charter on Indigenous Peoples, we offer a solution for applying information technology in the issue of preserving the native language of the Cham in Vietnam. Hence, using technologies to design and develop for Cham fonts for Unicode standard and Cham keyboards application is not only theoretically significant but also practically significant.  

Cultural affiliation is not enough: the repatriation of Ainu human remains

Polar Record ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naohiro Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Cultural Affiliation ◽  
Legal Case ◽  
The Us ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTThe challenges faced by indigenous peoples in repatriation negotiations vary across the globe. In 2012, three Ainu individuals launched a legal case against Hokkaido University, demanding the return of the human remains of nine individuals and a formal apology for having conducted intentional excavations of Ainu graveyards, stolen the remains and infringed upon their rights to perform ceremonies of worship. This action marked the first of such legal cases in Japan. The Ainu experienced both legal and ethical challenges during negotiations with the university; for example, while the claimants applied the Ainu concept kotan as a legal argument for collective ownership of the remains, Hokkaido University claimed the lack of assumption of rights relating to worship under the Civil Code of Japan. There has been significant progress recently on repatriation, mainly due to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in the US, and several meaningful recommendations have been made to ease the repatriation process. However, such recommendations are often case specific and variations in the experiences of indigenous peoples from country to country have not been widely documented. This article discusses the challenges faced by the Ainu in repatriation negotiations in Japan, with a particular focus on the difficulties of applying indigenous customs and philosophies within legal frameworks.

Ara Irititja

2009 ◽  
pp. 1462-1471
Author(s):  
Martin Hughes ◽  
John Dallwitz
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Database Design ◽  
Database System ◽  
Digital Archive ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
New Approach ◽  
It Project ◽  
Central Australia

The creation of a digital archive database system for the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people in Central Australia has been a challenging information technology (IT) project requiring unique thinking about database design, implementation and deployment. What might seem like sound, standards-based IT practice in a typical urban or academic location becomes unworkable in the physical realities of remote Australia and in the context of indigenous Australian cultural sensitivities. Based on the experience of the Ara Irititja Project, this chapter outlines the central issues facing the development of archive databases for indigenous peoples in remote Australia and points towards the need for a new approach to IT best practices in this context.

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