Mapping the Hopi Landscape for Cultural Preservation

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Author(s): Saul L. Hedquist (University of Arizona, USA), Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa (Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, The Hopi Tribe, USA), Wesley Bernardini (University of Redlands, USA), T. J. Ferguson (University of Arizona, USA), Peter M. Whiteley (American Museum of Natural History, USA)and Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma (Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, The Hopi Tribe, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 20
Source title: Geospatial Research: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9845-1.ch050

Keywords: Environment & Agriculture / Geographic Information Systems / Geoinformatics / Information Science Reference

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For the Hopi people, named places on the landscape localize, commemorate, and transmit traditional knowledge within a spatial context used to reference and explain Hopi history and culture—geographic information the Hopi Tribe seeks to preserve. This paper discusses the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office's use of geospatial technologies during recent collaborative efforts to document important places and associated cultural information. It considers how GIS and other geospatial technologies have been used to produce maps and digital imagery in a manner guided by traditional landscape perspectives and native epistemologies. Mapping Hopi lands provides many benefits, foremost being the preservation of place-related knowledge for future generations of Hopis. Geospatial technologies also facilitate Hopi efforts of heritage management by providing a medium that effectively demonstrates use of traditional landscapes to non-Hopi audiences.

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