ASHLI AKINS
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER | storyteller. researcher. activist.
KEY SITES
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MOSQOY
Charitable organization and social enterprise that I founded in 2006. Mosqoy works in collaboration with Quechua communities of the Peruvian Andes to mitigate adverse effects of unsustainable tourism and development by nurturing their threatened Indigenous culture.
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PHD PROFILE
Information about my research as an interdisciplinary PhD Candidate and Vanier Scholar at the University of British Columbia.
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TEDx TALK - UNFULFILLED PROMISES: CULTURAL SHRAPNEL OF A TRAVELER
TedX Talk, Victoria, 2014. "Unfulfilled Promises: Cultural Shrapnel of a Traveler," about my first experiences in Peru in 2006.
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PHDS GO PUBLIC TALK
Short public talk about my interdisciplinary research at the University of British Columbia, Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in an era of rapid economic change.
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RECENT PROJECTS
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PERUVIAN TEXTILES: FROM SOUVENIRS TO WORKS OF ART
April 2021
​Interview with Brooke Mara Loving Bagwell of Amano Marketplace about the consumer's role in revaluing Peruvian Textiles in the market.​
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CULTURAL REVITALIZATION AMIDST RAPID ECONOMIC CHANGE IN THE HIGH ANDEAN MOUNTAINS | University of Miami
March 2021
Lecture for students of the University of Miami's Latin American Studies and Native American & Global Indigenous Studies departments. With Q&A at the end. ​
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UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE: NEW PILLARS & PATHWAYS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIOCULTURAL & ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
April 2019
Sustainability Journal
Ashli Akins, Phil O'B. Lyver, Hugo F. Alrøe, Henrik Moller
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