Archives of Extinction.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 11459717 | KanopyPublisher: Documentary Educational Resources, 2016Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (12 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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- online resource
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Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2016.
Archives of Extinction explores the concept of "saving" nature through a look at a museum's preserved bird collection. The history of the scientific collection, accompanied by voice overs drawn from texts of late 19th century collectors, provide a backgrop to the modern processes of de-extinction, an emerging science dedicated to bringing extinct species back into the world. Archives of Extinction evokes questions about nature conservation then and now; about the role of science in disassembling past and reassembling future ecologies; and about the human will to resurrect lost species and re-animate the past.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English