Work and collaboration

Work with us.

Bring a question, a difficult workflow, or a project that needs to last. We connect research, design, and implementation around the work and the people responsible for it.

From a question to something useful.

These are possible forms of work. We agree the question, scope, outputs, and responsibilities together before an engagement begins.

Research and interpretation

Examine evidence, categories, and assumptions with researchers, archives, cultural organizations, and communities. The work spans art and philosophy, Indigenous futurism, provenance, and the ways institutions make meaning.

Possible outputs

  • Research brief or archival/provenance analysis
  • Conceptual framework or publication
  • Inspectable research model
See the research

Governance and systems design

Work through who can decide, what context must remain attached, and how an interface or workflow should express those responsibilities. Indigenous data and community-controlled infrastructure begin from the authority of the Nations and communities concerned.

Possible outputs

  • Requirements and governance/provenance model
  • Interface or workflow design
  • Implementation recommendations
See the NAAGU development example

Software and implementation

Turn a defined need into software and a workable local process. Support setup, integration, documentation, and training so the people carrying the work can maintain it after a handoff.

Possible outputs

  • Working software or a scoped prototype
  • Setup and integration
  • Documentation, training, and handoff
See PAVA in practice

Grant-development support

Research opportunities and develop draft material around the applicant’s own project. The applicant controls every fact, representation, approval, signature, and submission. Scope and availability are discussed directly.

Discuss grant-development support

Questions that extend the practice.

Our current product work begins with repatriation. The wider practice includes archives, art and philosophy, Indigenous futurism, governance, and the design of public-interest systems.

Read the research

What are you working on?

Bring a question, a system that needs attention, or a project you want to carry forward.