https://padlet.com/prh318382/o0kidfcozbxsv105 Riheng Pan en-us 2022-06-10 04:09:25 UTC 2022-06-10 05:30:21 UTC hello@padlet.com prh318382 https://padlet.com/prh318382/o0kidfcozbxsv105/wish/2217118824 I had a trip to Alaska last month and I wen to the Mendenhall Glacier at the time. I had a two-hour walk in one of the trials in the area. At that time, I didn’t know much about importance and the meaning of the indigenous lands and the stories behind them, so the initial reason why the path in this trail impressed me is because I was shocked by the serenity and the magnificent scenery. 
When I searched on the internet for my last travelogue, I found that this place also has been home to the indigenous people, the Tlingit people, to be specific. However, as far as I could recall, I didn’t see much introduction or signs acknowledge their existence, nor did the tour guide say anything about the indigenous people living on this land. This made me wonder how can this gap be bridged between what has been researched and promoted in academia or higher education institutes and what is happening in real life. 

]]> 2022-06-10 05:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/prh318382/o0kidfcozbxsv105/wish/2217118824 prh318382 https://padlet.com/prh318382/o0kidfcozbxsv105/wish/2217120819    In terms of this week’s reading, I was touched by what Truman (2017, p.23) had quoted in the article that “trails, which are mapped, cut, and maintained by human beings with tools and machinery, are seen as natural , but wheelchair accessible trails are seen as unnatural”.
   Although I love go for trails, this is the first time I realize that I seldom see people in wheelchair or other ways of support in the trails in the Mendenhall Glacier or those in the Pacific Spirit Park here in Vancouver. It is ironic when the environmental activists talk about the “disturbing noise” from the wheelchair. The question is to what extent can we protect the environment and animals when human beings are not treated equally.

Truman, S. E. (2017). Walking-with place through geological forces and Land-centred knowledges. In Walking Methodologies in a More-than-Human World: WalkingLab (pp. 16-33). Routledge.

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