Changing Perceptions of Nature
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Changing Perceptions of Nature
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Overview
The concepts of nature, culture and heritage are deeply entwined; their threads run together in some of our finest museums, in accounts of exploration and discovery, in the work of artists, poets and writers, and in areas that arecherished and protected because of their landscapes and wildlife. The conservation ethic - placing a value on the natural environment - lies at the heart of the notion of "natural heritage", but we need to question how those values originated, were consolidated and ultimately moulded and changed over time. In a contemporary context the connections between nature and culture have sometimes become lost, fragmented, dislocated or misunderstood; where did "natural heritage" begin and how do we engage with the idea of "nature" today? The essays collected here re-evaluate the role of culture in developing the concept of natural heritage, reflecting on the shifts in its interpretation over the last 300 years.
Contributors: Martin Holdgate, Marie Addyman, E. Charles Nelson, Darrell Smith, Andrew Ramsey, Viktor Kouloumpis, Richard Milner, Gina Douglas, Penny Bradshaw, Arthur MacGregor, Chiara Nepi, Hannah Paddon, Stephen Hewitt, Gordon McGregor Reid, Ghillean T Prance, Peter Davis, Christopher Donaldson, Lucy McRobert, Sophie Darlington, Keith Scholey, Paul A. Roncken, Angus Lunn, Juliet Clutton-Brock, Tim Sands, Robert A. Lambert, James Champion, Erwin van Maanen, Heather Prince, Chris Loynes, Julie Taylor, Sarah Elmeligi, Samantha Finn, Owen Nevin, Jared Bowers, Kate Hennessy, Natasha Lyons, Mike Jeffries.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783271054 |
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| Publisher: | Boydell & Brewer, Limited |
| Publication date: | 06/16/2016 |
| Series: | ISSN , #18 |
| Pages: | 356 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Peter Davis is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, heritage, communities and sustainability.
DR ARTHUR MACGREGOR, LVO is an Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Professor at the Victoria and Albert Museum Research Institute, UK.
Erwin van Maanen of EcoNatura is a (conservation) biologist, with a specific interest in mammalian carnivore ecology.
Ian Convery is Professor of Environment & Society at the University of Cumbria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is a director of the Lifescapes Project conservation charity.
MARIE ADDYMAN is an independent scholar whose writing and teaching reflects the interdisciplinary approach which is fundamental to her practice. While guest-lecturing on English literature and women's studies at various English universities, she has taught literature, history, and history of medicine for the Open University.
Owen T. Nevin is Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI), Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology at CQUniversityAustralia and Anniversary Visiting Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cumbria
Peter Davis is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, heritage, communities and sustainability.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations viii
Acknowledgments xiv
List of Abbreviations xv
Foreword Martin Holdgate xvii
Introduction Ian Convery Peter Davis 1
Historical Perspectives on Nature
1 "The Nomination of the Visible': William Turner's Practice of Natural History Marie Addyman 7
2 Early European Perceptions of the Nature of Australia E Charles Nelson 17
3 Conserving Natural Heritage: Shifting Positions of Culture and Nature Darrell Smith Ian Convery Andrew Ramsey Viktor Kouloumpis 27
4 Three Birds of a Feather - Darwin, Wallace and Attenborough: An Unbroken Tradition of Finding Where the Wild Things Are Richard Milner 37
5 Organising, Naming and Ordering Nature Gina Douglas 49
6 Our 'Great Entail': Constructing the Cultural Value of the Lake District Penny Bradshaw 63
Collecting Nature
7 Renaissance Collecting and Understanding of the Natural World Arthur MacGregor 75
8 Botanical Collecting, Herbaria and the Understanding of Nature Chiara Nepi 89
9 Taxidermy and the Representation of Nature Hannah Paddon 99
10 The Significance of Natural History Collections in the Twenty-first Century Stephen Hewitt 107
Interpreting Nature and Landscapes
11 Changed Attitudes to Nature Reflected in the Transformation of Menageries to Zoos Gordon McGregor Reid 119
12 Botanic Gardens: Changing Perceptions of Plants Ghillean T Prance Peter Davis 129
13 Shifting Interpretations of the English Lake District Christopher Donaldson 141
14 Facebook Nature: My Generation and Other Animals Lucy McRobert 149
15 Visual Narratives in Wildlife Film-making Sophie Darlington 157
16 A History of Half a Century of Wildlife Television and its Impact on Audiences Keith Scholey 165
17 Landscape, Nature and the Contemporary Sublime in Illustrated Children's Literature Paul A Roncken Ian Convery 171
Conserving Nature
18 The Public Perception of Protected Areas in the UK Angus Lunn 185
19 Conservation of Rare Species and Natural Heritage: the Wild and the Tame Juliet Clutton-Brock 195
20 Our Vanishing Natural Heritage and The Wildlife Trusts: a Century of Influence and Local Action for Nature and People Tim Sands Robert A Lambert 203
21 A Champion of the Tiger's Cause James Champion 213
People-Nature Interactions
22 Adventure, Nature and Commodification Heather Prince Chris Loynes 227
23 Destination Nature: Wildlife and the Rise of Domestic Ecotourism in Britain, 1880-2015 Robert A Lambert 235
24 Wild Places as Therapeutic Environments Julie Taylor 245
25 Citizen Science and the Perception of Nature Sarah Elmeligi Samantha Finn Owen Nevin Ian Convery 253
26 Using Community-based Cultural Tourism to Enhance Nature Conservation in the Rupununi, Guyana Jared Bowers 265
27 Representing Natural Heritage in Digital Space: from the National Museum of Natural History to Inuvialuit Living History Kate Hennessy Natasha Lyons 275
28 Out of the Wild Wood and into our Beds: the Evolutionary History of Teddy Bears and the Natural Selection of Deadly Cuteness Mike Jeffries 289
29 Rewilding: the Realisation and Reality of a New Challenge for Nature in the Twenty-first Century Erwin van Maanen Ian Convery 299
List of Contributors 317
Index 325