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Journal article
Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania
In August 2023, Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania opened at the National Museum of Scotland. The exhibition considers how life depends on the ocean and presents various ways in which individuals within Oceania are working to protect it through the medium of artistic practice. From the start, we...Clark, Alison ; Dawson, Jan ; Duffy, Declan
Oceania, artistic practice, re-use, Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania , exhibition, recycle, and sustainability
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Book chapter
"To no one Nation has been given the Monopoly of Genius" : Multiple Nationalisms at the National Museum of Scotland, a Director’s View
In 1857, George Wilson, Regius Professor of Science and Technology at the University of Edinburgh,laid out a vision for a new museum under his directorship, the Industrial Museum (today the National Museum) of Scotland.Though formed in the context of Britain’s imperial ambitions, the institution Wilson envisaged also seemed to speak...Breward, Christopher
Scotland, culture, philosophy, George Wilson, colonialism , museum vision, imperialism, and national museums
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Interactive resource
List of Extinct Birds in the Holocene
This is a unique list of bird species that have died out during the last 11,700 years of the Holocene, including English and Swedish names as well as references to the formal descriptions of the taxa. The taxonomy and sequence largely follows IOC when applicable, with priority given to the...Asplund, G ; Stervander, Martin ; Jirle, E ; M, Lagerqvist
extinction, bird species, Holocene, bird families, taxonomy, and genera
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