Literacies of Indigeneity at the Children’s science museum: Playing with pixels

Using a feminist-new materialist lens, this paper attends to child-digital interactions in fostering Indigenous literacies, by focusing on the Quantum Sandbox exhibit in the Digital Immersion Lab at a Canadian children’s science museum. Analytically, this paper explores how a digital exhibit ( Quantum Sandbox ) creates a space for young learners to engage with both quantum science concepts and Indigenous worldviews through a combination of digital technologies, storytelling, and interactive play, emphasizing the entanglements of human and nonhuman agents in the co-creation of knowledge.

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Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
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2025-09-16
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https://doi.org/10.1177/14687984251381457
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Museums and Cultural Heritage
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Literacies of Indigeneity at the Children’s science museum: Playing with pixels

Jaye Johnson Thiel
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Museums and Cultural Heritage
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Literacies of Indigeneity at the Children’s science museum: Playing with pixels

Jaye Johnson Thiel
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Using a feminist-new materialist lens, this paper attends to child-digital interactions in fostering Indigenous literacies, by focusing on the Quantum Sandbox exhibit in the Digital Immersion Lab at a Canadian children’s science museum. Analytically, this paper explores how a digital exhibit ( Quantum Sandbox ) creates a space for young learners to engage with both quantum science concepts and Indigenous worldviews through a combination of digital technologies, storytelling, and interactive play, emphasizing the entanglements of human and nonhuman agents in the co-creation of knowledge.

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