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Photographer and National Geographic Explorer Kiliii Yüyan, and genome scientist and National Geographic Explorer Dr. Keolu Fox, speak with Abbe Museum Executive Director Betsy Richards, as part of College of the Atlantic’s 2023 Summer Institute: Reimagining Exploration.
Guiding questions:
What does “exploration” or “discovery” mean to Indigenous peoples whose cultures and ways of life have been at the receiving end of such pursuits? How has exploration affected the sovereignty of these communities and the health of their homelands? Is it possible to decolonize or change the dominant narrative of exploration?
Photographer and National Geographic Explorer Kiliii Yüyan, and genome scientist and National Geographic Explorer Dr. Keolu Fox, speak with Abbe Museum Executive Director Betsy Richards, as part of College of the Atlantic’s 2023 Summer Institute: Reimagining Exploration.
Guiding questions:
What does “exploration” or “discovery” mean to Indigenous peoples whose cultures and ways of life have been at the receiving end of such pursuits? How has exploration affected the sovereignty of these communities and the health of their homelands? Is it possible to decolonize or change the dominant narrative of exploration?
