Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific episode 2 – Polynesia

Continuing his exploration of the collision of the West and Pacific culture, James Fox explores how, ever since Captain Cook’s voyages 250 years ago, the West has created a myth of Polynesia as paradise and, in doing so, destroyed the riches of indigenous culture.     He travels across the Pacific to uncover the sites and masterpieces of pre-contact Polynesian […]

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