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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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Metamorphoses of the Zoo; Contents; Acknowledgments; I N T R O D U C T I O N: Off the Ark: Restoring Biophilia; C H A P T E R O N E: Zoos as Welfare Arks? Reflections on an Ethical Course for Zoos; C H A P T E R T W O: Nooz: Ending Zoo Exploitation; C H A P T E R T H R E E: Through a Frame Darkly: A Phenomenological Critique of Zoos; C H A P T E R F O U R: Beyond Zoos: Marianne Moore and Albrecht Dürer; C H A P T E R F I V E: Respectful Stewardship of a Hybrid Nature: The Role of Concrete Encounters |
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C H A P T E R S I X: Whale and Human Agency in World-Making: Decolonizing Whale-Human EncountersC H A P T E R S E V E N: Boring a Wormhole in the Zoological Ark; C H A P T E R E I G H T: Open Door Policy: Humanity's Relinquishment of "Right to Sight" and the Emergence of Feral Culture; C H A P T E R N I N E: Earth Trusts: A Quality Vision for Animals?; C H A P T E R T E N: From Zoo to Zoöpolis: Effectively Enacting Eden; C H A P T E R E L E V E N: Zoöpolis; C H A P T E R T W E L V E: Inventionist Ethology: Sustainable Designs for Reawakening Human-Animal Interactivity; Index |
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About the Contributors |
| Summary |
Metamorphoses of the Zoo: Animal Encounter After Noah is a volume dedicated to radically transformative approaches to spaces set aside as zoological parks or gardens. Historically, these establishments served as symbols of power and venues for entertainment, but today, they have taken to portraying themselves as flagships of environmental education, scientific research, and wildlife conservation. Along with the past century's turn in exhibition design toward increasingly naturalistic architecture, such portrayals have been received by many in an uncritically positive light. At the same time |
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Print version record |
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Zoos -- Philosophy
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Human-animal relationships.
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Human-animal relationships
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Zoos -- Philosophy
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780739134566 |
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0739134566 |
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1282607529 |
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9781282607521 |
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