Hidden peoples of the world for National Science Week.

Join Kirk Huffman as he talks about the 'hidden' peoples of the world for National Science Week.

An estimated 150 million traditionally-oriented peoples still survive in pockets of today's world, but the world usually pays little attention to them. They, their cultures, lands, waters and skies are increasingly under threat from logging and mining companies, modern agricultural expansion, water exploitation, 'conservation' parks, enforced inappropriate education, enforced religious conversion, and more. But a small number of (possibly lucky) cultures are still 'out of contact' or (possibly even luckier ones) have not yet heard about 'us' ( whoever those 'us' or 'we' may be). What are these real worlds like and how long can they last?

Kirk Huffman is an anthropologist who has also studied prehistoric archaeology and ethnology. He has pursued cultural fieldwork amongst traditionally-oriented populations in the Maghreb (Northwest Africa), parts of the Sahara, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, northern Colombia and in the western Mediterranean. He has lectured and published widely and has been involved in the production of numerous cultural documentary films and cultural radio programmes. He is based in Sydney and works in four languages.