ACHS 2026 Event Info Site

Keynote Address: Weaving Traditional Navigation

Monday, November 30, 2026

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Overview

Pairourou Larry Raigetal (Lamotrek, FSM), Assistant Professor, University of Guam, Micronesia Areas Research Center

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The knowledge and skills of weaving is one of the most fundamental inventions of humanity. In traditional navigation and voyaging, we acknowledge “weaving” as perhaps the most critical component of this wholistic approach to life which we also know as our seafaring system.

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