Research Pods

Wíhaŋble S’a Center

The Wíhaŋble S’a Center occupies the ancestral homelands of the Munsee and Muhheaconneok people, and hosted by Bard College.

Community Partners:

Forge Project

Racing Magpie Gallery

The Niitsitapi Pod is located in the heart of the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy and based in the Centre for Indigenous Arts Research & Technology (CIART) at the University of Lethbridge/Iniskim.

Community Partners:

Purple Mai’a

Wíhaŋble S’a Center

Bard College

About the research

Meet the team

Research areas:

Performance

Sound Art

Visual Arts

The Research:

The Wíhaŋble S’a Center occupies the ancestral homelands of the Munsee and Muhheaconneok people. Working with knowledge holders, cultural practitioners, language keepers, educational institutions, and community vitalization organizations, this Pod focuses on developing Indigenous protocols to guide the creation and refinement of AI wearable and digital technologies through performance, sound art, and visual art practice.

The team at the Wíhaŋble S’a Center aims to imagine, design, test, and prototype a series of research and technological development activities that build AI-driven systems grounded in both Indigenous knowledge and Western dream science. By framing AI development within the context of Indigenous methodologies and dream sciences, the Wíhaŋble S’a Pod seeks to contribute a novel perspective to the existing AI research landscape.

This approach not only diversifies the technological and ethical framework of AI but also bridges a significant gap in the humanities, where technology often feels detached from cultural and spiritual aspects of human experience.