Century
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It's the result of human efforts governed by an idea, an idea that we associate with the 18th
century
Enlightenment, namely that if we apply reason and science that enhance human well-being, we can gradually succeed.
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It dates back at least 200 years, to Galvani's famous experiments in the late 18th
century
and beyond.
So around the turn of the last century, I started to think, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if one could take this logic and turn it upside down?"
2010: Statistics about Native population today, more than a
century
after the massacre at Wounded Knee, reveal the legacy of colonization, forced migration and treaty violations.
By the middle of the 19th century, it's in full flower.
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