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23-01-2023 | Original Paper

Ancestral Computing for Sustainability: Centering Indigenous Epistemologies in Researching Computer Science Education

Authors: Alyssa López-Quiñones, Marlen Martinez-Lopez, Cueponcaxochitl D. Moreno Sandoval, Joseph Carroll-Miranda, April E. Lindala, Michelle C. Chatman, Jeffery Fleming, Ebony Terrell Shockley, Denise Cadeau, Elizabeth Flores-Reyes

Published in: TechTrends | Issue 3/2023

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Abstract

This article offers Ancestral Computing for Sustainability (ACS) to dismantle the logics of settler colonialism that affect accessibility, identities, and epistemologies of computer science education (CSE). ACS centers Indigenous epistemologies in researching CSE across four public universities in the United States. This paper describes Ancestral Computing for Sustainability and explores reflections of two students engaging as researchers in ACS inquiry. Drawing on Indigenous methodologies and Participatory Action Research, they share their reflections as co-researchers in ACS through storywork. These critical reflections include their relationship to computing, observations of the interdependent work within ACS, ethics and sustainability, and their experiences within the focus groups. The article ends with recommendations for furthering ACS as a decolonial approach that centers Indigenous epistemologies in CSE. Recommendations for CSE education include Ancestral Knowledge Systems and adding sustainability as a topic within computing education pathways and building student-faculty relationships based on trust is recommended to foster students’ academic and personal growth within CSE education and research.
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For the purposes of this essay, Native American, American Indian, Alaska Native and Indigenous identities are used interchangeably. While each category has its own history and legal visibility, the scope of this paper includes these representations of ancestral identities to the western hemisphere together to advance the need for Indigenous epistemologies in research practice.
 
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Metadata
Title
Ancestral Computing for Sustainability: Centering Indigenous Epistemologies in Researching Computer Science Education
Authors
Alyssa López-Quiñones
Marlen Martinez-Lopez
Cueponcaxochitl D. Moreno Sandoval
Joseph Carroll-Miranda
April E. Lindala
Michelle C. Chatman
Jeffery Fleming
Ebony Terrell Shockley
Denise Cadeau
Elizabeth Flores-Reyes
Publication date
23-01-2023
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
TechTrends / Issue 3/2023
Print ISSN: 8756-3894
Electronic ISSN: 1559-7075
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-022-00820-y

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