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Embedding civil engagement in museums [PDF]
Initiatives over the last decade on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond have sought to reposition museums at the heart of their communities as agents for civil engagement.
Graham Black, Black, G
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The Nereididae (Annelida) – diagnoses, descriptions, and a key to the genera [PDF]
Nereididae is among the most familiar of marine annelid families, common and well-studied in most marine environments but paradoxically no recent key or identification guide exists to the world’s genera.
Robin S. Wilson +2 more
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The vast majority of interspecific interactions are competitive or exploitative. Yet, some positive interspecies interactions exist, where one (commensalism) or both (mutualism) species benefit.
Brendah Nyaguthii +2 more
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Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya [PDF]
A new genus and three new species of the spider family Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 from Kenya are described. Sceliscelis Oketch & Li, gen. nov.
Ambata D. Oketch +3 more
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Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Kenya [PDF]
A checklist of 805 spider species and subspecies belonging to 57 families described and/or reported from Kenya up to 31 December 2018 is provided. Species distribution within Kenya is given according to counties and specific localities.
Grace M. Kioko +4 more
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Energise is one of ten award-winning new galleries at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Aimed at a family audience, it explores the sources, generation, distribution and use of energy and questions how science and technology may transform how
Elsa Cox +2 more
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First record for Malawi of Kenrick’s Starling (Poeoptera kenricki Shelley, 1894) (Aves: Sturnidae) [PDF]
We report on the first record of Kenrick’s Starling for Malawi. A flock of more than 150 birds was observed in the Misuku Hills in far northern Malawi; two individuals were collected for voucher specimens and deposited in museum collections.
Joshua Engel +3 more
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Museums and museums: the picture of scientific museums [PDF]
In the field of scientific communication in Europe, science centres have gained increasing importance over the last ten years. Italy, beyond the City of Science in Naples, is also planning the set up of more science centres throughout the country. Their hands-on style makes them something between a museum and a fun fair and, beyond the issue of merit ...
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In conjunction with the extensive archaeological projects conducted at the current outlet of Sweden’s second largest lake, Lake Vättern, macrofossil, pollen and diatom records have been studied from 14C-dated lake and river sediments from River Motala ...
Jonas Bergman +6 more
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‘Engage the World’: examining conflicts of engagement in public museums [PDF]
Public engagement has become a central theme in the mission statements of many cultural institutions, and in scholarly research into museums and heritage.
Ashley, Susan
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