Innovations in Ethnographic Mapping and Indigenous Cartography YouTube Gallery

I have been invited to give many public talks and lectures about using Google Earth and other digital mapping tools for supporting innovative approaches to Indigenous cartography. See me on YouTube!

(2020) Thom, Brian and Rachael-Stewart Dziama "Problematic Polygons: Ethnographically-Informed Cartographic Alternatives for Representing Indigenous Territorial Relations” Paper presented at the joint meetings of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Royal Geographical Society, (virtual conference) 15 Sep 2020. https://youtu.be/mTZ6qhG7cso?t=167

(2020) Thom, Brian “Ethnographic Approaches to Indigenous Mapping” Invited Keynote Presentation, Indigenous / Science Partnerships: Exploring Histories and Environments, Green College Cross-sectoral Series, University of British Columbia. 26 Feb 2020. https://youtu.be/HJ4QsCq5YsY

(2019) Thom, Brian "Bringing Indigenous cartographies to shape municipal land use plans" Presented at Centre for Indigenous Conservation and Development Alternatives 2019 Regional Meetings, McGill University, 03 May 2019 https://youtu.be/uehkUlDtXCk

(2019) Thom, Brian “Reframing Landscapes: Digital Practices and Place Based Learning”. Centre for Digital Scholarship and Curation, Spring Symposium 2019. Washington State University, Pullman, March 4-5, 2019. https://youtu.be/v5nPwWPrNdw

(2017) Thom, Brian “Mapping Land and Resource Development Pressures on Indigenous Peoples’ Territories in Canada” Invited partner panel talk at Geo for Good User Summit 2017, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA, 03 Oct 2017 https://youtu.be/JvJOkwUAX5Q

(2016) Caquard, Sébastien and Brian Thom "Axis 6: Indigenous Mapping" Invited presentation at the Meetings of the Centre for Indigenous Conservation and Development Alternatives. Wendake, QC, 28 Aug-01 Sep 2016. https://youtu.be/LItagMPk1KM

(2015) Kathleen Johnnie and Brian Thom “Recognizing Indigenous Rights in Private Land: Testimonies and Maps of Hul’qumi’num peoples” Invited presentation at the Centre for Indigenous Conservation and Development Alternatives (CICADA), Saint-Paulin, Qc, Oct 24, 2015 https://youtu.be/F6xU3MpqOjQ

(2014) "Igniting inter-generational sharing of place-based knowledge between Indigenous youth and elders", Invited talk given at Google's 2014 Geo for Good Summit, Mountain View, CA, Oct 21st, 2014. https://youtu.be/OnmXKXL5tGo

Amy Becker and Brian Thom (2014) “Stz’uminus Storied Places”. Invited presentation at Indigenous Mapping Workshop, University of Victoria, 26 Aug 2014. http://youtu.be/3G9Umf3l23k?t=26m19s

(2013) "Unsettling the Cartographic Record: Anthropology in the Salish Sea" Invited Paper (Pecha Kucha) for Unsettling Records session organized by Andrea Walsh and Lisa Mitchell at the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Anthropology Society, Victoria, 8-11 May 2013. http://youtu.be/Z8vJEsb8Dq4?t=40m46s

Mapping Challenges to Hul'qumi'num Territories Project

Created in 2016, this series of webmaps shows the challenges to Indigenous territoriality in Hul'qumi'num peoples' territories on southeast Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Themes include historic land grabs; forestry; mining, oil & gas; freshwater extraction; marine closures; Crown lands; urbanization; conflicts over ancestral sites; major projects; parks and protected areas; local government jurisdiction.

These maps also show First Nations settlements and land interests, sites of litigation with case summaries; and negotiated agreements.

Mapping in Kamchatka (Russian Far East)

Degai, Tatiana and Brian Thom (2017) The Legend of Elvel: Technology, Decolonization, and the Powerful Trails of an Itelmen-language story. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC). University of Hawai'i, Manoa. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/42006 [Open Access]

Thom, Brian, Ben Colombi, and Tatiana Degai (2016) Bringing Indigenous Kamchatka to Google Earth: Collaborative Digital Mapping with the Itelmen Peoples. Sibirica. 15(3):1-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/sib.2016.150301 [Open Access Version]

Colombi, Benedict, Brian Thom and Tatiana Degai (2018) Googling Indigenous Kamchatka: Mapping New Collaborations. Pp. 195-203 in Indigenous Justice: New Tools, Approaches, and Spaces. Edited by Hendry, J., Tatum, M.L., Jorgensen, M., and Howard-Wagner, D. Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies. ISBN 978-1-137-60644-0. https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60645-7_13