The general sense of the word technology involves the activity of a culture, and how knowledge is created within that culture.  Specifically, the study of how different cultures categorize their own knowledge, and the ways in which that knowledge is applied, these are the specifics of technology.
I am interested in the ethnogeography of the Eastern James Bay Cree.  Maps have been in use by indigenous groups around the world since well before living memory, and continuously up to the present day.  The fact that mapping technologies change does not alter the continuity of mapping within indigenous cultures.
Newer mapping technologies include cartography, geographic information systems, and what is coming to be known as the 'geoweb.'  The latter are distributed, open source, free, often participatory mapping systems.  An example is Google Earth.  I am using Google Earth to map intergenerational knowledge in James Bay.
I leave this, my first blog entry on this site, with one question.  What is the role of critical pedagogy in mapping technologies and their application, and specifically with indigenous peoples?  In other words, how can I apply critical pedagogical methods to my project, in a sensitive and productive way?
G. Lucas Eades