Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education: A Decolonizing Journey for a Metis Community

Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education explores the relationship between education and Indigenous survival, providing frameworks, approaches, and strategies for using digital media and arts for cultural memory, community empowerment, and mobilization. It offers a valuable example of how a community-based educational project can create and restore intergenerational exchanges through modern media.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education delves into the intricate relationship between education and Indigenous survival, offering an ethnographic exploration of how digital storytelling can contribute to a larger project of decolonization. Through the recounting of a remote Métis community's remarkable journey of collectively imagining, planning, and producing diverse digital stories that challenge the dominant narrative of Canadian history, Poitras Pratt provides valuable frameworks, approaches, and strategies for leveraging digital media and arts to foster cultural memory, empower communities, and mobilize individuals. This comprehensive volume showcases how a community-based educational initiative can create and revitalize intergenerational exchanges through contemporary media, covering topics such as the Métis people and their community, decolonizing education through a Métis research approach, the ethnographic journey, and translating decolonizing ideas into educational practices.

Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, academics, postgraduate students, and anyone interested in exploring the role of modern media in facilitating healing and decolonization within marginalized communities. It offers a rich tapestry of insights and practical applications that can enhance our understanding of the complex dynamics between education, culture, and social justice. By delving into the power of digital storytelling, this book empowers individuals and communities to reclaim their narratives, challenge oppressive systems, and promote a more inclusive and equitable society.

Weight: 349g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367785178