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Review Article: Resistant visitors and the development of empathy
Museum & Society, 2017 Rose, Julia. Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, paperback £23.95, hardback £49.95, pp. xvi+215. Gokcigdem, Elif M. Fostering Empathy Through Museums.
Amy Levin
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Scientists have been captivated by the ability to regenerate, focusing on uncovering the mechanisms of epimorphic regeneration and applying them to human medicine. The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) has become the most intensively studied model in tetrapod regeneration research, particularly concerning limb regeneration.
Vivien Bothe, Nadia Fröbisch
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Museum & Society, 2013 As a platform for the display of cultures and a structuring agent in their formation, museums play a unique role in the negotiation of social identities.
Katelyn L. Bolhofner
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Practice Makes ‘Museum People’
Museum & Society, 2017 This article examines how museum work is evaluated, and how it affects museum professionals’ identities. The empirical material consists of biographical interviews of Finnish museum professionals.
Inkeri Hakamies
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Early Pliocene Varanus (Squamata, Varanidae) remains from Megalo Emvolon, Thessaloniki, Greece
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.The article describes new cranial and postcranial varanid material from Megalo Emvolon Lower Pliocene vertebrate fossil site near Thessaloniki. The fossils, likely representing a single individual, are referred to Varanus cf. marathonensis. Abstract This study describes new fossil varanid material from a recently discovered fossil spot (MVL site) at ...
Chara Drakopoulou +3 more
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Playing with fire: struggling with ‘experience’ and ‘play’ in war tourism
Museum & Society, 2011 This paper takes up the ambiguities of embracing ‘experiential’ and ‘playful’ ways of learning at war sites. It takes as its point of departure the widespread tendencies in the heritage industry to align communication to new emotional and playful ways of
Mads Daugbjerg
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Museum & Society, 2017 Although many museums nowadays provide multilingual services, translations in museums have not received enough attention from researchers. The issue of how ideology is embedded in museum texts is translated is particularly underresearched.
Chia-Li Chen, Min-Hsiu Liao
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract In birds, the neural canal houses a variety of anatomical structures including the spinal cord, meninges, spinal vasculature, and respiratory diverticula. Among these, paramedullary diverticula and the extradural dorsal spinal vein may leave behind osteological correlates in the form of pneumatic foramina and fossae, and a bilobed geometry of ...
Jessie Atterholt +5 more
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Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies, 2015 Multispectral imaging systems are used in art examinations to map and identify pigments, binders and areas of retouching. A monochromatic camera is combined with an appropriate wavelength selection system and acquires a variable ...
Antonino Cosentino
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Daneš the Collector: Pacific Journeys of J. V. Daneš and his Collection in the Náprstek Museum
Annals of the Náprstek Museum, 2017 J. V. Daneš (1880–1928) was not only an outstanding figure of his time in the international scientific community, but also a diplomat and a traveller. Two of his overseas trips led him to Australia and the Pacific region, where he assembled a remarkable collection of ethnographic objects and photographs. This collection, now kept in the National Museum
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