Abstract
From the early modern age of discovery to the nineteenth-century
era of science, relations between European maritime explorers and
Indigenous peoples grew easier and the gaze explorers cast over the
bodies and behaviours of their ‘native’ hosts became far more focused;
yet paradoxically, scholars observe, explorers’ records of crosscultural
encounters increasingly obscured the agency and influence
of local individuals. Particularly in the case of French explorers,
who had an almost constant presence in Oceania from 1817 to 1840,
this development has been largely accounted for by the nature of
modern ethnographic knowledge production.
era of science, relations between European maritime explorers and
Indigenous peoples grew easier and the gaze explorers cast over the
bodies and behaviours of their ‘native’ hosts became far more focused;
yet paradoxically, scholars observe, explorers’ records of crosscultural
encounters increasingly obscured the agency and influence
of local individuals. Particularly in the case of French explorers,
who had an almost constant presence in Oceania from 1817 to 1840,
this development has been largely accounted for by the nature of
modern ethnographic knowledge production.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Brokers & Boundaries |
| Subtitle of host publication | Colonial Exploration in Indigenous Territory |
| Editors | Tiffany Shellam, Maria Nugent, Shino Konishi, Alison Cadzow |
| Place of Publication | Canberra |
| Publisher | ANU Press |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 39-59 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781760460129 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781760460112 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- French–West Papua
- Indigenous peoples
- European maritime explorers