Decolonizing our Data: Integrating Indigenous Perspectives and Ways of Knowing Within the Kingston Resiliency Dashboard Project

Based on the intersection of: (1) the lack in understanding the effects of COVID-19 on various municipal sectors; and (2) the necessity of integrating Indigenous perspectives and data concerning contemporary Indigenous communities within the Kingston area, in informing how to build resiliency, Indigenize projects, and decolonize research, this research seeks to Indigenize the Kingston Resiliency Dashboard Project where possible. This phase of the research project will be accomplished by using qualitative research methods and data analysis to comprehensively interrogate and critique existing dashboard indicators, and add/or change sections to forefront Indigenous perspectives. Moreover, the beginning phases of identifying and mapping Indigenous cultural heritage within Kingston and the greater area will be produced for Kingston & Area Association of Museums, Art Galleries and Historic Sites (KAM) in this project. We hope that in beginning to address these gaps, users of the dashboard can be presented with aggregated and accessible data that can shed light into the ways to build municipal and community resiliency- most importantly of which, involves processes of Indigenization.

Faculty Supervisor:

Carolyn DeLoyde

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Partner:

Kingston Association of Museums, Art Galleries and Historic Sites

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Queen's University

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