ENGR 4570U – Indigenous Design and Technology

This course will explore design and technology of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the impacts on technology development. Two-Eyed Seeing (where with one eye we view the subject through Indigenous ways of knowing and with the other eye we view it through Western approaches) will be used to study the evolution of Indigenous design and technology and its influence on modern systems. Indigenous approaches to sustainability and its role in Indigenous design and technology will be investigated with the goal of engineers and designers incorporating this knowledge and methodologies in the development of new sustainable technologies.
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Credit restriction(s): Must have 3rd year standing
Cross-listed: INDG 4570U
Note(s): Must have 3rd year standing
Experiential learning: Yes