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Meshkwajisewin: Paradigm Shift

open access: yesReligions, 2021
In 2012, the Manitoba Museum began the development of an exhibit called “We Are All Treaty People”. Mindful of recent scholarship on animacy and the ontological turn in museum ethnography, this paper examines how this exhibit reversed decades of practice
Maureen Anne Matthews   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Astrobiology: Science Learning Activities for Afterschool [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This product consists of eight astrobiology after-school activities, each of which may be completed in about one hour. The science of astrobiology is concerned with the question of whether or not life exists on other planets.

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Variation in parrot jaw musculature

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Interspecific morphological differences in some superficial jaw muscles of parrots. Abstract Psittaciformes, the order encompassing parrots and their relatives, are highly diverse and generally known for having a strong beaks used for multiple behaviors. The muscles related to the masticatory apparatus should reflect this functional complexity; however,
Ana Carolina L. Faillace   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

MOŽNOSTI TRANSFERU HISTORICKÝCH POZNATKOV (MÚZEJNÝCH ZBIEROK) DO EDUKAČNÉHO PROCESU (Possibilities of the transfer of historical knowledge (museum’s collections) into education process) [PDF]

open access: yesMuzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo, 2018
The interconnection between school and museum, by means of educational interactive programs, is in the interests of both institutions. Meeting the challenge “School of history in museum“ brings into the history education the diverse aspects of learning ...
Bocková Anna, Gápa Maroš
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Functional models from limited data: A parametric and multimodal approach to anatomy and 3D kinematics of feeding in basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, Brugden [Squalus maximus], Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1765, vol. 3, pp. 33–49), feed by gaping their mouths and gill slits, greatly reorienting their cranial skeletons to filter food from water.
Tairan Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A machine for living #1 & #2 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Wintec School of Media Arts lecturers and their counterparts, artists from Xi’an Art Museum in Xi’an, mainland China, have built close artistic relationships. This exhibition is a result of their long-distance communications.
Purdom, Mark
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Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

Thinking Beyond the Scroll: The Ancient Library at Alexandria

open access: yes, 2011
The ancient library at Alexandria, Egypt became a unique institution, influenced by Aristotle’s school in Athens and the Greek model of learning. The institution consisted of a museum, which functioned as a learning center, and a library collection.
Franz, PhD, Gerald
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Description of the skull, braincase, and dentition of Moschognathus whaitsi (Dinocephalia, Tapinocephalia), and its palaeobiological and behavioral implications

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract A subadult Moschognathus whaitsi from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, was scanned using synchrotron radiation X‐ray computed tomography (SRXCT). Its subadult state allowed the cranial bones and teeth to be identified and individually reconstructed in 3D.
Tristen Lafferty   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zemstvo and museums: experience of museum and local history work in the Olonets province (1871-1916)

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis, 2019
The article considers activities of the Olonets province territorial institutions (zemstvo) for development of museum matter in the Russian remote place.
Badanov Vadim Georgiyevich
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