Comment: Escaping Darwin’s shadow — how Alfred Russel Wallace inspires Indigenous researchers
Although Wallace’s writings indicate that in many ways he admired most of the Indigenous people he met, especially those from the upper Rio Negro basin, he still viewed Indigenous people through the European colonial lens of his time. In, Wallace describes the Indigenous communities he encountered as “in an equally low state of civilization” — albeit seemingly “capable of being formed, by education and good government, into a peaceable and civilized community”.
, Wallace frequently corroborates his findings with information he has obtained from Indigenous people — for example, about the habitat preferences of umbrellabirds . , hinges on the ability of researchers worldwide to learn from and to be led by Indigenous scientists.
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