ASHLI AKINS
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER | storyteller. researcher. activist.
THANK YOU
GRACIAS
AÑAY
I am eternally grateful to the mentors, collaborators, community members, research assistants, funders, family, and friends who continue to believe in and support my work.
DOCTORAL
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Dr. Wade Davis
Anthropology, UBC
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Dr. Kai Chan
Resources, Environment & Sustainability, UBC
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Dr. Mark Turin
First Nations & Indigenous Languages, UBC
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Dr. Nancy Turner
Environmental Studies, UVic
RESEARCH COLLABORATOR
ARTISTIC COLLABORATORS
Illariy Ch'aska Women's Cooperative
Cancha Cancha
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Nueva Esperanza Women's Cooperative
Parobamba
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Munay Urpi Weaving Cooperative
Huarán
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Tejedores Tradicionales Laraypas Indigenas
Amaru
Mayu Ch'aska Weaving Cooperative
Pitukiska
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Lydia Beauregard
Victoria
FUNDERS
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council
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National Geographic Society
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Canadian Federation of University Women
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Graduate Women International
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Vicky Husband
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The Firelight Group
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Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies​
University of British Columbia
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Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
University of British Columbia​
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Foreign Languages & Area Studies
University of Michigan
Anshela Paravecino Kehuarucho
PROJECT COLLABORATORS
RESEARCH
ASSISTANTS
Beth Luque Huanca Delaplain
Andres Sallo
Alicia Cristina Gallardo
Cusi Saco Chung & Others
Mosqoy​
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Steve Deroy
The Firelight Group​
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Tania Herrera Delgado
Casita Huarán​
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Raleigh Seamster
SUPPORTERS
Mosqoy
Casita Huarán
El Albergue
Langley Fine Arts School
Cloe Whittaker
Dana Schaeffer
Brent & Marka Akins
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I am honoured to study, work, and live on traditional Quechua lands of the Andean mountains and xÊ·mÉ™θkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam) traditional, unceded, ancestral territory.
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