Indigenous

Published By: Shahrukh ShahLast Updated: March 09, 2024, 09:26 ISTDelhi Metro. (Photo: PTI)Vikas Kumar, managing director of DMRC, launched the new software at Yamuna Bank Metro station in the presence of senior officers of the corporation.Delhi Metro on Friday launched an indigenous crew management system (CMS) software for its 1200 train operators and other related activities that will eliminate the need for manual updates and save five lakh paper pages annually.Vikas Kumar, managing director of Delhi Metro Rail…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There has been a global push to revitalize Indigenous languages since the late 1980s. Aotearoa New Zealand has been at the forefront of revitalization efforts, earning the admiration of campaigners in other countries, including Taiwan. Te reo Māori became an official language in 1987. Immersion education is an option…

Published By: Samreen PallLast Updated: February 19, 2024, 11:19 ISTMeerut Metro: Alstom Delivers First Indigenous Trainset, All Set To Revolutionize Urban Transit. (Photo: Mysuru Infra Hub)Alstom delivers 1st indigenous trainset for Meerut Metro, advancing India's urban transit ambitions with modern rail technology.French multinational rolling stock manufacturer Alstom on Friday said it has delivered the first indigenously manufactured trainset for Meerut Metro to the National Capital Region Transport Corporation…

What starts as a pastiche of a classic western – Viggo Mortensen stars as a stranger in a hostile frontier town – takes a sudden swerve into the unexpected when the story baton is passed to a put-upon present-day female cop working a night shift in a Native American reservation. Then, through a magical realist flourish featuring a large bird, the location switches again, this time to the Brazilian jungle some time in the past.This shape-shifting picture from experimental Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso is a formally…

Professor Richi Nayak and Dr Md Abul Bashar. Credit: Anthony Weate/Queensland University of Technology The return of the ancestral human remains of Australian and other Indigenous peoples held in anthropological collections could be sped up using machine-based deep learning according to a new study led by QUT computer scientists. In a paper published…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There is a long and often complicated history of researchers studying Indigenous people. In 1999, the education scholar Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, in her book "Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, "emphasized the colonial character of much research. She warned that it "brings with it a new wave of exploration, discovery, exploitation and appropriation."…

A group of researchers are giving hands-on experience to members of Indigenous communities to teach them how to monitor remediation efforts of oil and gas companies on their traditional lands. NAIT's Centre for Boreal Research based out of Peace River teaches communities about forest ecology, seed identification, and peatland restoration — all as a way to reclaim their lands."The initial activities … were to train the community members to be what we call the guardians, to understand how land reclamation works, to be able…

Children gathered at First Nations University of Canada in Regina Thursday watched in awe as astronaut Jeremy Hansen unveiled the patch, designed by an Indigenous artist, that he will wear as the first Canadian to fly to the moon.Hansen, who is from London, Ont., is one of four crew members set to travel around the moon during the Artemis ll mission, which is expected to embark as soon as September 2025.He spoke at Thursday's event about how time he has spent with Indigenous elders has shaped his beliefs and…

This almost unbearably brutal and violent western drama-thriller from first-time feature director Felipe Gálvez Haberle was a prize winner at Cannes and Chile’s official entry for best international feature at the Academy Awards. At once explicit and yet mysterious and elliptical, it dramatically recreates some of the story behind the exploitation and colonisation of Tierra del Fuego by European commercial interests and the Santiago political establishment at the beginning of the 20th century. This involved the genocidal…

Credit: Midjourney/Author provided It is well documented that Australian teachers face challenges incorporating Indigenous perspectives and content in their classrooms. The approach can sometimes be somewhat tokenistic, as if the teacher is "ticking a box". We need a more culturally responsive teaching workforce. Generative AI is advancing at a fast…