Orthodoxy, and other so-called world religions that were complicit with colonialist expansion and its repression of the “other peoples” (indigenous), their rites and beliefs. For centuries, colonial societies have denied that indigenous peoples had “religions” at all; as the great photographer of Native North American cultures Edward S. Curtis stated, “There seems to be a broadly prevalent idea...

Finding Asian Americans during the 2020 presidential election requires us to take up paradoxical task of looking for what is not there. Elections stage our national narratives, resurrecting or revising them define who we imagine ourselves be. To be left out narrative neglected in imagination. This article contrasts outsized effect COVID-19 on American populations with near absence from news cov...

We describe a complete, end-to-end system for taking well-composed photographs using a mobile robot. The general scenario is a reception, or other event, where people are roaming around talking to each other. The robot serves as an “event photographer”, roaming around the same space as the participants, periodically taking photographs. These images are then sent to a workstation where participa...