This paper discusses the development of digital pedagogical and promotional tools for ongoing anthropological and archaeological work in the Darién Region of Panama. The Darién Region has been underexplored by archaeologists for the last century, and is home to the Darién Gap, the only break in the Pan-American Highway, which has, thus far, facilitated Indigenous sovereignty and protected endemic species. The authors have collaborated to share experiences of navigating the Darién Province of Panama through storytelling, adventure, and exploration with digital media. This project resides as a website with a variety of video and game works. Our goal is to have as much media available in both English and Spanish as possible, to be accessible to the local communities in Darién and to international communities, which is crucial to support locallyinitiated conservation initiatives. Current projects include videos documenting known populations that have migrated through the area, videos documenting a current anthropologist's explorations of the region, a game depicting a historical anthropologist's findings of an archaeological expedition from the 1920s, and accessible compilations of research on local flora and fauna.
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