Process
16
Oct
ShockTalk Overview
Introduction
ShockTalk is a culturally tailored telemental health platform focused on alleviating unresolved historical and intergenerational trauma for Indigenous p...
03
Oct
UIC Website Redesign
Introduction: Why Redesign the UIC Website?
Since the organization's inception, UIC has leveraged a simple GoDaddy website to share programming and event details wit...
30
Sep
UIC IT Infrastructure Brief
Project Brief
Role: As UIC’s IT Manager, my role was in leading the research, design, and implementation of our entire IT infrastructure. I leverage...
01
Jun
AI Policy Analyzer Brief
Context: The Importance of MMIP Data
In 2021, UIC initiated the creation of its MMIP policy tracker, which tracks “all state-wide or national legislation relating to...
24
Jan
Shakori Clan Symbols
After being unable to verify the Bear as our clan symbol, I kept my eyes peeled as I periodically re-scoured the sources I have been compiling. While rereading The "Discoveries" of John Lederer a p...
17
Nov
Shakoe Mo:ti
Shoccoree tribal historian Rebecca Fetcher and I are in regular communication in regards to the latest findings on our nation's history. Rebecca was sharing with me a record of an Indian birch bark...
15
May
Origins of the Shakori People | A Compiled History
To conclude the independent research I have been conducting with the guidance of Professor Ellis, I have compiled a write up which begins to organize the unspooled threads of Shoccoree history. Alt...
31
Jan
Rebuilding Shoccoree History
After I had reenrolled in my nation back in the Fall of 2017, I encountered an archival absence on my people. Although I had knowledge of the traditions which had been preserved and passed from my ...
13
Dec
Envisioning Town Creek | Update 3
Doing the work for this assignment was deeply meaningful for me. At present, I’ve been battling some racist remarks from professors. This project gave me a safe and ...
06
Dec
Envisioning Town Creek | Update 2
This photo depicts the Temple of the Chief in the Grand Village of the Natchez. The Natchez were a related group of Mississippian peoples. I am seeking to recreate the temples of Talimeco which the...
29
Nov
Envisioning Town Creek | Update 1
I have spent the first phase of the project mostly thinking about assets and thinking about what I want this project to accomplish. To be clear, I see this as a larg...
02
Nov
p5js Coding Challenge | Update 3
Idea: Pokemon Galaga Inspo Links: http://www.freegalaga.com/emailform/form.php Final Game Link: http://i6.cims.nyu.edu/~rpr288/FINALLL/index.html Ryan We decided to recreate the classic a...
23
Oct
p5js Coding Challenge | Update 2
Idea: Pokemon Galaga Inspo Links: http://www.freegalaga.com/emailform/form.php Overview After receiving feedback from Professor Kapp, our group decided to move away from our original idea, O...
18
Oct
p5js Coding Challenge | Update 1
Idea: Oswald the Elephant Inspo Links: http://www.kalonica.com/oswald-the-elephant.html Overview (Ryan) We are interested in building Oswald the Elephant because it is a game that I (Ryan) e...
13
Aug
Action Against Opioids | Voting for Jahana Hayes
In a tragedy 8 years ago that shook the town of Simsbury, I lost my 18 year old brother Rob to an overdose on Oxymorphone the morning after his graduation party. My brother’s tragedy made the 11:00...
17
Dec
Reductionism | Response
Henri Matisse utilizes the tactic of reduction in a way that is highly indicative of his time. Despite those who would claim “there is nowhere in his work that can you find...any reference to the m...
03
Dec
Prototyping Aquaponics | Final Product
Prototyping For Days November 14th – December 8th For the three weeks between November 14th and December 8th, I set out in earnest to develop a tactile representation of the...
14
Nov
Prototyping Aquaponics | Update 6
Moving Towards the End As we move closer to the last day of class, I’ve begun getting ready to build my final project. I believe in participatory/democratic education, so for me, ...
07
Nov
Prototyping Aquaponics | Update 5
As of right now, I am currently exploring options primarily related to my readymade for my tank’s body. I’m trying to find if Craigslist would be a cheaper option for finding a suitable fish tank, ...
23
Oct
Prototyping Aquaponics | Update 4
After getting successively cloudier, my tank transformed over night to become quite clear. The increased cloudiness was the increase in nitrate fixing bacteria, while the sudden snap to clarity ind...
11
Oct
Prototyping Aquaponics | Update 3
Tank Progress For this week, not much has changed (again). Tank cycling is a biological process that takes 30 days, and is depicted below: Over the past few weeks, I’ve experien...
If This Toaster Could Talk | Response
I believe that Lloyd only begins to scratch the surface with his analysis. While Lloyd rejects claims of anthropomorphization, I still believe that his overarching lens of ascribing “being-like” qu...
04
Oct
Prototyping Aquaponics | Update 2
For this week, not much has changed. Tank cycling is a biological process that takes 30 days, and is depicted below: At the moment, I’ve chosen to let the tank sit as the process depicted above ...
27
Sep
Prototyping Aquaponics | Update 1
Last week I toyed around with settling on a final form factor. After coming around to a general vision with the primary goal being a self sustaining alternative organic farming method, I decided it...
15
Sep
Aquaponics and Urban Farming
As we continue to push forward with our Creative IO projects, I’ve been going slowly churning my way though the creative process. When this project was proposed, I immediately knew I wanted to take...
24
Jul
Speaking Out About the Opioid Crisis
In the past few weeks, I’ve seen the legions of columnists reporting and speculating on the fate of the Republican health care bill. A recent Politico article titled “Critics pan opioid cash design...