CAREER: Three-Dimensional Modeling and Digital Repatriation of Arctic Indigenous Heritage in the Bering Strait Region of Alaska

这个CAREER项目承担了第一个系统的三维（3D）建模和阿拉斯加白令海峡地区阿拉斯加土著文化遗产的数字遣返。PI采用社区参与的创新和合作模式，研究了文化遗产的数字3D模型与遥远博物馆的原件相比是如何被看待的。与阿拉斯加原住民合作伙伴和博物馆工作人员合作，该项目将培训中西部社区大学学生和阿拉斯加原住民本科生设计和实施合作研究、数字技术和3D建模。该项目将制作第一个现成的阿拉斯加土著文化遗产3D模型集，并制定一个计划，为全国各地的土著社区提供访问遥远博物馆藏品的机会。本科生和阿拉斯加本地实习生将审查四个合作博物馆的北极收藏品，为在线研讨会做准备，以选择3D建模的对象。在使用3D技术进行数字遣返的培训之后，学生参与者将进行藏品研究、文献综述和人种学访谈。在项目的博物馆部分，选定的对象将被扫描和建模；这一过程将被录象记录下来，供土著组织、博物馆工作人员和PI开发的大学课程使用。项目合作伙伴和学生参与者将在阿拉斯加社区举办研讨会，并合作开发扫描对象的数字展览。与大学合作伙伴合作，PI还将开发和制作一系列开放访问的视频，解释3D建模和扫描程序的基础知识。该视频系列将包括采访，重点关注与土著社区的合作工作，并解决数字遗产保护的伦理问题。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This CAREER project undertakes the first systematic three-dimensional (3D) modeling and digital repatriation of Alaska Native cultural heritage from the Bering Strait region of Alaska. Employing innovative and collaborative modes of community engagement, the PI examines how digital 3D models of cultural heritage objects are viewed relative to the originals housed in distant museums. Working with Alaska Native partners, and museum personnel, this project will train both Midwestern community college students and Alaska Native undergraduates in the design and implementation of collaborative research, digital technologies, and 3D modeling. The project will produce the first readily available collection of 3D models of Alaska Native cultural heritage and develop a plan for providing Indigenous communities across the country with access to distant museum collections. Undergraduate students and Alaska Native interns will review the Arctic collections of the four partnering museums in preparation for an on-line workshop to select objects for 3D modeling. Following training on the use of 3D technologies for digital repatriation, student participants will conduct collections research, literature review, and ethnographic interviews. During the museum-based component of the project, selected objects will be scanned and modeled; the process will be video recorded for educational use by Indigenous organizations, museum staff, and in college courses developed by the PI. Project partners and student participants will present workshops in Alaska communities and collaboratively develop a digital exhibit of scanned objects. Working with university partners, the PI will also develop and produce a series of open-access videos that explain the basics of 3D modeling and scanning procedures. The video series will include interviews focusing on collaborative work with Indigenous communities and address ethical issues of digital heritage preservation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.