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exploration

vr.tr.exploration · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain exploration and its forms and history with attribution, describe scientific and modern exploration, present its legacies including colonial impacts neutrally, and treat military reconnaissance only at a classification level.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain exploration and its forms and history with attribution, describe scientific and modern exploration, present its legacies including colonial impacts neutrally, and treat military reconnaissance only at a classification level.

The act of travelling into or through unfamiliar places in order to discover, survey or learn about them, including geographical and scientific exploration such as the European and American voyages of discovery, polar and ocean expeditions, cave and mountain exploration, space exploration, and reconnaissance in the sense of surveying terrain, including its military forms which are noted here only at the level of classification; exploration has driven knowledge, trade and empire and is assessed today with attention to its effects on Indigenous peoples.

What it is for: Travel to discover and survey unfamiliar places.

It can be explain forms and history; describe scientific exploration; present legacies neutrally; classify reconnaissance only.

Distinguishing features

Unknown destinations

Discovery purpose

Expeditions

Historical and modern forms

What it looks like

Not physical; journeys and expeditions.

How it is recognised

Travel into unfamiliar places to discover or survey

Geographic, scientific, space, reconnaissance

Tourism visits known places; surveying measures known territory in detail

Related models

is a kind of - category

travel

is related to - scientists on expeditions

geologist

is related to - exploration and empire

imperialism

is related to - peoples affected by exploration

Indigenous peoples

In practice

Families and kinds

voyages of geographical discovery

scientific expeditions

polar, ocean and cave exploration

space exploration

reconnaissance as surveying of terrain

Standards and regulation

Expedition permits and environmental rules

Antarctic and space treaties

Research ethics for fieldwork

Failure modes and hazards

Glorifying exploration without its colonial effects

Providing operational military detail, which is out of scope

Safety risks in expeditions

Also called

European and American voyages of scientific explorationreconnaissanceofficer's reconnaissance tripstrategic reconnaissancereconnaissance in forceaerial reconnaissanceamphibious reconnaissancespatial reconnaissancearmored reconnaissanceradar reconnaissanceaerial reconnaissance in World War Iaerial reconnaissance in World War IIhistory of geographical discoveriesSpanish discoveriessertanismonest-site selectionurban explorationnorthern explorationresources explorationmineral explorationArctic explorationPortuguese discoverieswiki walkplanetary explorationDesert explorationurban crawlcataphilieMineral water prospectingmining explorationelectrical prospectinggeological surveyingVoyages of John Franklinelectromagnetic surveying

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.exploration

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What exploration is.

Concepts.

Concept

Concept and forms.

Concept

Concept.

  1. What is exploration, and how do geographical, scientific, space and reconnaissance forms differ? definition
  2. Is the request seeking operational military reconnaissance detail, which is out of scope? boundary

History

History of exploration.

History

History.

  1. How did exploration unfold from ancient voyages through the age of discovery to polar and space exploration, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific expedition? action
Science Scientific exploration.

Science.

Expeditions

Scientific expeditions.

Expeditions

Expeditions.

  1. How have scientific expeditions advanced natural history, geology and oceanography? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific science? action

Modern

Modern exploration.

Modern

Modern.

  1. What exploration continues today in oceans, caves, polar regions and space? provenance
  2. Which entry fits space exploration? action
Legacy Legacies.

Attribution.

Impacts

Impacts on peoples.

Impacts

Impacts.

  1. How did exploration affect Indigenous peoples and lead to colonisation, as described by historians and affected communities? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary

Memory

Commemoration debates.

Memory

Memory.

  1. What debates surround the commemoration of explorers, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits public memory? action
Learn Practice and teaching.

Education.

Practice

Expedition practice.

Practice

Practice.

  1. How are expeditions planned, permitted and conducted safely today? provenance
  2. Is an expedition emergency present now? boundary

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can exploration history be taught with multiple perspectives? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should space exploration be a separate entry?
  • How should expedition archives be linked?
  • How should Indigenous perspectives be linked?
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