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March 2022

Decolonizing Technology

Developing, evaluating, and disseminating IT research prototypes for and with indigenous partners is both challenging and rewarding. In this issue in the article, “Ātea Presence— Enabling Virtual Storytelling, Presence, and Tele-Co-Presence in an Indigenous Setting,” the authors implement a mixed reality telepresence system to connect a diasporic Māori community to their historical, cultural, and geographic mātauranga (knowledge). They describe their project, tea Presence, which is guided by the principles of partnership, participation, and protection. They describe the design and evaluation of the system developed, the collaborative process they undertook with Te Rau Aroha Marae, and Māori academic colleagues, and report on lessons learned along the way.

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• The Currency of the Attentional Economy: The Uses and Abuses of Attention in Our World by Jordan Schoenherr Posted in: Articles, Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - By failing to attend to the source, disinformation can be stored along with information, making it difficult to distinguish the… ...  Read More
• Fifty Years of Good Trouble by Clint Andrews Posted in: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - SSIT members have a history of getting into “good trouble” as they encourage IEEE toward more humanistic stances on ethics,… ...  Read More
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