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| Title: | Engaging Animals |
| Authors: | Snæbjörnsdóttir, Bryndís
Wilson, Mark |
| Subjects : | Polar bears
Taxidermy
Animal specimens
Natural history displays
Trophy-hunting |
| Issue Date: | 5-Apr-2007 |
| Publisher: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Abstract: | Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson have been collaborating since 2001. Their work, characteristically rooted in the north, explores issues of history, culture and the environment in relation to the individual and his/her sense of belonging or detachment. This project is a survey of taxidermic polar bears existing in the United Kingdom today. In its methodology it actively sets out to track down these specimens. The project is designed to generate a discourse in which the audience is invited to consider their relationship not only to the polar bears themselves, but to the history of their collection, presentation and preservation. |
| Description: | Sponsored by School of Literature, Communication and Culture and the Georgia Tech Honors Program. Presented on Thursday, April 5th at 4 pm in the Ferst Room (7th Floor Library) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14254 |
| Appears in Collections: | Honors Program Invited Speakers
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