Signal An Anishinaabe led consortium in Canada has built an Indigenous metaverse

Summary

This signal is a Canadian example of citizenship expanding in new ways within states. An Anishinaabe-led consortium in Canada has developed Biskaabiiyaang, an Indigenous metaverse. It serves as a space to resist colonial systems. It also uses storytelling to educate people and to reclaim Indigenous ways of being. The report presents such immersive online spaces as places to learn, engage and deliberate on shared priorities. It says they are widening ideas of global citizenship and opening room for groups to organise and express themselves in novel ways.