About
My research focuses on preservation of traditional knowledge and investigates connections between local diets, biosemiotics and resilience. I am involved in the collaborative digital archiving project “Making History Accessible” with the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana and Dr. D. Bates. I am working on the proposal for preserving their knowledge about land, resources, history, and oral traditions by combining the de-colonizing mapping technology and indigenous research methods. Education
- Doctor of Philosophy – PhD, (Expected 2024)
School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University
- M.F.A in Intermedia, 2005
School of Fine Arts, Arizona State University
- B.Sc. (Biology), Perm State University, Department of Biology, Perm, Russia
- Tri-lingual: fluent in English, Russian with basic conversation and reading skills in French.
Publications
- Map – Melkozernova, Arina. “Coushatta homes along Bayou Blue, ca. 1970.” Langley, Linda P, and Denise E. Bates. Louisiana Coushatta Basket Makers: Traditional Knowledge, Resourcefulness, and Artistry As a Means of Survival. 2021, p. 23. Map.
- Paper presentation “Russian Text Analysis: Preliminary Approaches for Assessing the Impact of COVID 19 on the Indigenous Peoples of Russia” at the SILC graduate student colloquium, April 16, 2021, ASU
- Poster presentation “MAKING TRIBAL HISTORIES ACCESSIBLE: Collaborating with the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana” at the Online Edition of DHSI Conference and Colloquium, June 5, 2020
- Spring 20 Indigenous Research Roundtable Talk: Making Tribal Histories Accessible: Collaborating with the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
- Poster presentation “MAKING TRIBAL HISTORIES ACCESSIBLE: Collaborating with the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana” at the Doing Research in Indigenous Communities conference (DRIC), 2019
- Pitch “Breaking the wall of displacement” at the Falling Walls Lab Arizona pitch-style forum, 2019
- Presentation “Mapping the ‘Mediterranean Diet’, the knowledge systems of traditional foods from the Campania region” – at the research conversations session in the SILC graduate colloquium, 2019
- Mukurtu KMS Presentation for Tribal Council, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, March 2019
- Poster presentation “WEB OF SCIENCE DATABASE: KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOPI. A Prototype for the Future Research: Sampling and Patterns” at the DISI Graduate Research Conference, Tempe, AZ, 2018, the 19th Annual American Indian Studies Association Conference, Tempe, AZ, 2018, and the HTRC UnCamp 2018, UC Berkeley.
- The SIGGRAPH 2007 Art Gallery: Global Eyes, the 34th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, August 2007, San Diego, California, USA http://www.awn.com/articles/global-eyes-look-near-and-far-siggraph-art-gallery/page/2%2C1
- A.Melkozernova, C.Blake, N.Mattar, AJ Niehaus (2005) Purposeful Integration of Collaboration in the Development of Emerging Interactive/Interdisciplinary Performance Work. Proceedings of the 2005 joint Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association convention. San Diego, CA, 2005
- A.Melkozernova, C.Blake, N.Mattar, (2005) The Eyes of the I’s. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium of Interactive Media and Design. Turkey, 2005
- A.Melkozernova (2003) Catalog of CyberArts International Compendium PRIX ARS. PRIX ARS Electronica. Austria, 2003)
Memberships
- the Ecological Society of America – certified Associate Ecologist
- North American Observatory Affiliate, Humanities for the Environment
- Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) member
