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Exploration archives and indigenous histories: an introduction
Since the 1990s, a number of scholars have sought to uncover ‘hidden histories’ of exploration, as Felix Driver and Lowri Jones have referred to it.1 Working against a conventional emphasis on the exploits and achievements of the singular heroic explorer, imperial and colonial exploration is recast as a collective enterprise involving a diverse labour force and upon which expeditions were dependent for their progress and success.2 Various approaches are pursued for writing a more representative history of exploration, such as recuperating
from the archives the stories of little- or lesser-known participants; rewriting histories of particular expeditions through the lens of their encounters and interactions with indigenous people; or giving greater prominence to the work of intermediaries of many kinds, including interpreters, brokers, guides, porters and other labourers.3 The result is a more complex and multivocal account of the practices and politics of European exploration, the social and historical contexts in which it occurred, and the relationships, networks and institutions it created
and on which it depended.
from the archives the stories of little- or lesser-known participants; rewriting histories of particular expeditions through the lens of their encounters and interactions with indigenous people; or giving greater prominence to the work of intermediaries of many kinds, including interpreters, brokers, guides, porters and other labourers.3 The result is a more complex and multivocal account of the practices and politics of European exploration, the social and historical contexts in which it occurred, and the relationships, networks and institutions it created
and on which it depended.
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Indigenous intermediaries: new perspectives on exploration archivesChapter number
1Pagination
1 - 10Publisher
ANU PressPlace of publication
Canberra, AustraliaISBN-13
9781925022766Language
engGrant ID
DP110100931Publication classification
B1 Book chapterCopyright notice
2015, ANU PressExtent
10Editor/Contributor(s)
S Konishi, M Nugent, T ShellamUsage metrics
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