Conveners’ introduction : “Introducing the Collection Ecologies Working Group”
with Catarina Madruga
Historian of zoological collections Centre for Humanities of Nature, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Nuala P. Caomhanach
Historian of science, evolutionary biologist and doctoral candidate, New York University & American Museum of Natural History
Déborah Dubald
Historian of science and health, lecturer at the University of Strasbourg
Dominik Hünniger
Historian of museums, natural history and the environment, curator for innovation research, German Port Museum Hamburg
Abstract: This session will introduce the aims and methods of the Collection Ecologies collective so far. Following a brief presentation by Dominik Hünniger, founder of the collective, any member of the working group will be invited to present an image, an object or a collection and how it resonates with the “Collection Ecologies”.
Note : please bring an object, image or a collection for a 2 minute presentation!