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Day 6- Designing the He Au Hou 2 Video Game Prototype

July 18, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

 Aloha, Storytelling was a great way to begin in the pre-production phase of this Video Game Workshop. Building a story based game play prototype will […]

R & R Weekend Beach Day

July 18, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

Aloha, This day began with a slow drive along the east coast of Oahu. The scenery was just beautiful and at every turn of the […]

Day 5- Technology Is A Great Tool

July 17, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

Aloha It is amazing how much the world has changed through technology. One of the cool things about the Skins VideoG ame Workshop is that […]

Day 4- Designing Game Play Is Fun

July 16, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

Aloha, Hawai’i is as beautiful as the people. This week has been a lot of discussion about storytelling and about the real Hawai’i. It centered […]

Day 3- Laughter Is The Best Medicine

July 16, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

Aloha After learning the basics and exploring the capabilities of Photoshop from Vance Martin yesterday, we are beginning today with a fantastic tracking and organizing […]

Day 2- Off and Running

July 16, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

Aloha Good morning everyone, What an awesome day today! Skawennati showed an excerpt from her machinima “She Falls for Ages” which is a futuristic interstellar […]

Day 1- Our First Full Day

July 13, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

Aloha, What an exciting morning- everyone gathered together to begin the three week workshop with open minds and hearts. Jason Edward Lewis along with his […]

Count Down 1 Day- Storytelling at Paepae o He’eia

July 13, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

Aloha, Today is the big day! Each Skins Video Game Workshop begins with a storytelling event and before the start of each workshop, we have […]

Count Down 2 Days- Chanting

July 13, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

 Aloha Mai e Before colonization, Hawaiian’s passed all information orally through the use of songs, chants, and poems preserving their rich fabric of cultural knowledge. […]

Count Down 3 Days- We Have Arrived

July 13, 2018 owisokon lahache 0

Aloha Nui, Today is the beginning of the preparatory time and beginning of He Au Hou 2 workshop which is being held in Oahu, Hawai’i. […]

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Skins 6.0

A website for the Skins 6.0 Workshop on Aboriginal Storytelling and Video Game Design, held at Hālau ‘Īnana in Honolulu, 9 July – 29 July, 2018.

IIF

The Initiative for Indigenous Futures (IIF) is a partnership of universities and community organizations dedicated to developing multiple visions of Indigenous peoples tomorrow in order to better understand where we need to go today. Through its four main components –workshops, residencies, symposia, and archive– IIF encourages and enables artists, academics, youth and elders to imagine how we and our communities will look in the future.

Kanaeokana

E kūmaumaua kākou a hoʻomohala ʻia a hoʻoikaika ʻia hoʻi he ʻōnaehana hoʻonaʻauao ʻōiwi i mea e hoʻoikaika ai i ka lāhui. ʻO kā kākou ʻōlelo a me ko kākou ʻike ka ʻāina e ulu ai nei ʻōnaehana. A ʻo ua ʻōnaehana nei, he ʻanoʻano ia e kupu ai a kawowo a lau a muʻo a ʻao a liko a pua nā ulu koa hou o kēia mua aku e alakaʻi ana ma ia mea koʻikoʻi ʻo ke aloha ʻāina.
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Kanaeokana’s mission is to collaboratively develop and strengthen a Native Hawaiian education system—built on a strong ʻōlelo Hawai‘i and ʻike Hawai‘i foundation—to strengthen the lāhui and grow the next generations of aloha ‘āina leaders.

AbTeC

Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace is a research network whose goal is to ensure Indigenous presence in online environments, video games, and virtual worlds. Co-founded by Skawennati and Jason Edward Lewis, AbTeC launched IIF in 2015 in partnership with Concordia University, Kahnawake Education Centre, Kanien’keháka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center, Kontinónhstats Mohawk Language Custodians Association, Dechinta Bush University Centre for Research and Learning, ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Festival, MacKenzie Gallery, Behaviour Interactive, University of British Columbia Okanagan’s Centre for Indigenous Media Arts, and Western Arctic Moving Pictures.

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