Zoos And Aquariums In The Public Mind

Author : John Fraser,Joe E. Heimlich,Kelly Riedinger
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030849429

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Zoos and Aquariums in the Public Mind by John Fraser,Joe E. Heimlich,Kelly Riedinger Pdf

This book summarizes a range of psychological research into how zoos and aquariums operate in the minds of visitors and the broader public. Bringing together core findings from emerging international research, the book provides data-based summaries that situate the content in the larger context of how cultural institutions shape public understanding. The focus of this book is to bring into a single resource, the major strains of research that have explored how zoos and aquariums are situated in public consciousness, to ground the discourses around what zoos and aquariums do in the empirical data and evidence, and to find opportunities to summarize well-established fact to support future research expanding on the known. Among the topics discussed: History of zoo and aquarium development The role of zoos and aquariums in environmental literacy Empathy development at zoos Applying behavior change theories to the zoo visitor’s experience Social radiation of ideas from cultural institutions Professional practitioners, zoo industry professionals, and business leaders will find this book an invaluable guide to the psychological literature surrounding the zoo industry.

Author : Jesse Donahue,Erik Trump
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 0739111205

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Political Animals by Jesse Donahue,Erik Trump Pdf

Political Animals offers a unique study and perspective on the relationship between politics and the art found in American zoos and aquariums. Jesse Donahue and Erik Trump examine the ways that zoos and aquariums have successfully served as sculptural gardens for the masses and have incorporated art and architecture that convey political messages about both the patrons and the animals. This book demonstrates how art has been used for a range of economic and political purposes including providing jobs, a medium to reach out to minority interest groups, a fundraising tool, and a surrogate for the animals themselves. Donahue and Trump skillfully analyze and compare zoos to other areas of public art to highlight the calculated strategies on the part of the zoos that have incorporated a range of artistic styles for different audiences. Incorporating photographs of zoo and aquarium art from around the country, Political Animals is an exciting and captivating text for the mind and eye.

Author : John Fraser,Tawnya Switzer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781108486132

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The Social Value of Zoos by John Fraser,Tawnya Switzer Pdf

This book situates zoos as trusted cultural institutions with valuable affordances for engaging people in natural resource conservation.

Author : Gale Research Inc,Kim Masters Evans
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Aquariums
ISBN : 1410381145

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Zoos and Aquariums by Gale Research Inc,Kim Masters Evans Pdf

"Presents various points-of-view and key players in the public discourse on the value of zoos and aquariums for education, conservation, and preservation. Also considers entertainment aspects and concerns over keeping certain species in captivity, as well environmental, cultural, and economic issues. Contemporary opinions from across the political and cultural spectrum are represented"--

Author : John H. Falk,Lynn D. Dierking
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442276000

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Learning from Museums by John H. Falk,Lynn D. Dierking Pdf

This is the second edition ofJohn H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking’s ground-breaking book, Learning from Museums. While the book still focuses on why, how, what, when, and with whom, people learn from their museum experiences, the authors further investigate the extension of museums beyond their walls and the changing perceptions of the roles that museums increasingly play in the 21st century with respect to the publics they serve (and those they would like to serve). This new edition offers an updated and synthesized version of the Contextual Model of Learning, as well as the latest advances in free-choice learning research, theory and practice, in order to provide readers a highly readable and informative understanding of the personal, sociocultural and physical dimensions of the museum experience. Falk and Dierking also fill in gaps in the 1st edition. Falk’s research focuses increasingly on the self-related needs that museums meet, and these findings enhance the personal context chapter. Dierking’s work delves deeply into the macro-sociocultural dimensions of learning, a topic not discussed in the sociocultural chapter in the first edition. Emphasizing the importance of time (and space), the second edition adds an entirely new chapter to describe the important dimension of time. They also insert findings from the burgeoning field of neuroscience. Latter chapters of the book discuss the evolving role of museums in the rapidly changing Information /Learning Society of the 21st century. New examples and suggestions highlight the ways that the new understandings of learning can help museum practitioners reinvent how museums can and should support the public’s lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning.

Author : John Fraser,Tawnya Switzer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781108787215

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The Social Value of Zoos by John Fraser,Tawnya Switzer Pdf

Combining anecdotes with scientific data, this book is a journalistic inquiry into what is currently known about zoos and aquariums as sociocultural intersections of mission, public perception, and on-site meaning making. The authors draw on conservation psychology and other social science research to explore how zoos might develop and deliver more effective learning experiences to promote and nurture conservation values and collective action. While people use zoos with specific priorities and motivations in mind, these are social settings. Indeed, it is because they represent an important, vast, and trusted social enterprise that zoos have such powerful opportunities to change how diverse public audiences view, value, identify, and engage with animals and the broader biophysical environment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Aquariums, Public
ISBN : 303300427X

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Building a Future for Wildlife by Anonim Pdf

Author : R. Eric Miller,Murray E. Fowler
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781437719857

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Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 7 - E-Book by R. Eric Miller,Murray E. Fowler Pdf

With coverage of current issues and emerging trends, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 7 provides a comprehensive, all-new reference for the management of zoo and wildlife diseases. A Current Therapy format emphasizes the latest advances in the field, including nutrition, diagnosis, and treatment protocols. Cutting-edge coverage includes topics such as the "One Medicine" concept, laparoscopic surgery in elephants and rhinoceros, amphibian viral diseases, and advanced water quality evaluation for zoos. Editors R. Eric Miller and Murray E. Fowler promote a philosophy of animal conservation, bridging the gap between captive and free-ranging wild animal medicine with chapters contributed by more than 100 international experts. The Current Therapy format focuses on emerging trends, treatment protocols, and diagnostic updates new to the field, providing timely information on the latest advances in zoo and wild animal medicine. Content ranges from drug treatment, nutrition, husbandry, surgery, and imaging to behavioral training. Coverage of species ranges from giraffes, elephants, lions, and orangutans to sea turtles, hellbenders, bats, kakapos, and more. An extensive list of contributors includes recognized authors from around the world, offering expert information with chapters focusing on the latest research and clinical management of captive and free-ranging wild animals. A philosophy of animal conservation helps zoo and wildlife veterinarians fulfill not only the technical aspects of veterinary medicine, but contribute to the overall biological teams needed to rescue many threatened and endangered species from extinction. All content is new, with coverage including coverage of cutting-edge issues such as white-nose disease in bats, updates on Ebola virus in wild great apes, and chytrid fungus in amphibians. Full-color photographs depict external clinical signs for more accurate clinical recognition. Discussions of the "One Medicine" concept include chapters addressing the interface between wildlife, livestock, human, and ecosystem health. New sections cover Edentates, Marsupials, Carnivores, Perrissodactyla, and Camelids. Over 100 new tables provide a quick reference to a wide range of topics. An emphasis on conserving threatened and endangered species globally involves 102 expert authors representing 12 different countries.

Author : Ben A. Minteer,Jane Maienschein,James P. Collins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226538631

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The Ark and Beyond by Ben A. Minteer,Jane Maienschein,James P. Collins Pdf

Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change. But there is hope, and it, too, comes in a most human form: zoos and aquariums. Gathering a diverse, multi-institutional collection of leading zoo and aquarium scientists as well as historians, philosophers, biologists, and social scientists, The Ark and Beyond traces the history and underscores the present role of these organizations as essential conservation actors. It also offers a framework for their future course, reaffirming that if zoos and aquariums make biodiversity conservation a top priority, these institutions can play a vital role in tackling conservation challenges of global magnitude. While early menageries were anything but the centers of conservation that many zoos are today, a concern with wildlife preservation has been an integral component of the modern, professionally run zoo since the nineteenth century. From captive breeding initiatives to rewilding programs, zoos and aquariums have long been at the cutting edge of research and conservation science, sites of impressive new genetic and reproductive techniques. Today, their efforts reach even further beyond recreation, with educational programs, community-based conservation initiatives, and international, collaborative programs designed to combat species extinction and protect habitats at a range of scales. Addressing related topics as diverse as zoo animal welfare, species reintroductions, amphibian extinctions, and whether zoos can truly be “wild,” this book explores the whole range of research and conservation practices that spring from zoos and aquariums while emphasizing the historical, scientific, and ethical traditions that shape these efforts. Also featuring an inspiring foreword by the late George Rabb, president emeritus of the Chicago Zoological Society / Brookfield Zoo, The Ark and Beyond illuminates these institutions’ growing significance to the preservation of global biodiversity in this century.

Author : Vernon N. Kisling, Jr
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000585384

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Zoo and Aquarium History by Vernon N. Kisling, Jr Pdf

Wild animals have been housed in zoos and aquariums for 5,000 years, fascinating people living in virtually every society. Today, these institutions are at a new milestone in their history. This second edition of Zoo and Aquarium History takes the reader on a journey through the transition of private collections to menageries, to zoos, then zoological gardens, and more recently conservation centers and sanctuaries. Under the direction of Vernon N. Kisling, an expert in zoo history, an international team of authors has thoroughly updated the only comprehensive, global history of animal collections, menageries, zoos, and aquariums. The resulting book documents the continuum of efforts in maintaining wild animal collections from ancient civilizations through today, explaining how modern zoos have developed their mission statements around the core aims of conservation, education, research and recreation. This new edition pulls together regional information, including new chapters on zoological gardens of Canada, Latin America, China, Israel, the Middle East, and New Zealand, along with the cultural aspects of each region to provide a foundation upon which further research can be based. It presents a chronological listing of the world's zoos and aquariums and features many never-before published photographs. Sidebars present supplementary information on pertinent personalities, events, and wildlife conservation issues. The original Appendix has been expanded to include over 1,200 zoos and aquariums, providing an invaluable resource. This is an extensive, chronological introduction to the subject, highlighting the published and archival resources for those who want to know more.

Author : Julie Ann Smith,Robert W. Mitchell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780231161510

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Experiencing Animal Minds by Julie Ann Smith,Robert W. Mitchell Pdf

In these multidisciplinary essays, academic scholars and animal experts explore the nature of animal minds and the methods humans conventionally and unconventionally use to understand them. The collection features chapters by scholars working in psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, literary studies, and art, as well as chapters by and about people who live and work with animals, including the founder of a sanctuary for chickens, a fur trapper, a popular canine psychologist, a horse trainer, and an art photographer who captures everyday contact between humans and their animal companions. Divided into five sections, the collection first considers the ways that humans live with animals and the influence of cohabitation on their perceptions of animals' minds. It follows with an examination of anthropomorphism as both a guide and hindrance to mapping animal consciousness. Chapters next examine the effects of embodiment on animals' minds and the role of animal-human interembodiment on humans' understandings of animals' minds. Final sections identify historical representations of difference between human and animal consciousness and their relevance to pre-established cultural attitudes, as well as the ways that representations of animals' minds target particular audiences and sometimes produce problematic outcomes. The editors conclude with a discussion of the relationship between the book's chapters and two pressing themes: the connection between human beliefs about animals' minds and human ethical behavior, and the challenges and conditions for knowing the minds of animals. By inviting readers to compare and contrast multiple, uncommon points of view, this collection offers a unique encounter with the diverse perspectives and theories now shaping animal studies.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Rules and Administration Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119595879

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Federal Assisstance for Zoos and Aquariums by United States. Congress. Senate. Rules and Administration Committee Pdf

Author : Barbara J. King
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226195186

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Personalities on the Plate by Barbara J. King Pdf

"Rooted in the latest science, and built on a mix of firsthand experience (including entomophagy, which, yes, is what you think it is) and close engagement with the work of scientists, farmers, vets, and chefs, Personalities on the Plate is an unforgettable journey through the world of animals we eat."--Dust jacket.

Author : Mark D. Irwin,John B. Stoner,Aaron M. Cobaugh
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226925325

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Zookeeping by Mark D. Irwin,John B. Stoner,Aaron M. Cobaugh Pdf

As species extinction, environmental protection, animal rights, and workplace safety issues come to the fore, zoos and aquariums need keepers who have the technical expertise and scientific knowledge to keep animals healthy, educate the public, and create regional, national, and global conservation and management communities. This textbook offers a comprehensive and practical overview of the profession geared toward new animal keepers and anyone who needs a foundational account of the topics most important to the day-to-day care of zoo and aquarium animals. The three editors, all experienced in zoo animal care and management, have put together a cohesive and broad-ranging book that tackles each of its subjects carefully and thoroughly. The contributions cover professional zookeeping, evolution of zoos, workplace safety, animal management, taxon-specific animal husbandry, animal behavior, veterinary care, public education and outreach, and conservation science. Using the newest techniques and research gathered from around the world, Zookeeping is a progressive textbook that seeks to promote consistency and the highest standards within global zoo and aquarium operations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Aquariums
ISBN : UCSC:32106017671501

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Freshwater and Marine Aquarium by Anonim Pdf