Hidden histories
'Local knowledge and indigenous agency in the history of exploration: studies from the RGS-IBG Collections.'
Research by Lowri Jones.
Start: 2006. Completion: 2010. Royal Holloway, University of London: PI Professor Felix Driver.
Overview
Lowri's dissertation served as the foundation of a major exhibition highlighting the role of local inhabitants and indigenous intermediaries in histories of exploration (RGS-IBG, 15 October to 10 December 2009), supported by an AHRC Museums, Galleries and Libraries Award to PI Professor Felix Driver (Royal Holloway, University of London). Dr Jones is now a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham.
Find out more
A printed copy of this thesis is available for consultation in the Foyle Reading Room (reference only). An electronic copy may be ordered through the British Library's e-theses online service.