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Children, Charity and Magazines
Read more: Children, Charity and MagazinesA Q&A with the author of Philanthropy in Children’s Periodicals, 1840–1930: The Charitable Child.
Surveying the Anthropocene: Endangered wildlife: the threats to seabirds, and the use of rephotography
by Patricia Macdonald This is the second of a series of blogs featuring themes and participants from the book Surveying the Anthropocene: Environment and photography now, edited by Patricia Macdonald (for an introduction to the book, see Q & A…
Surveying the Anthropocene: Destruction of natural systems: forests
by Patricia Macdonald This is the first of a series of blogs featuring themes and participants from the book Surveying the Anthropocene: Environment and photography now, edited by Patricia Macdonald (for an introduction to the book, see Q & A blog…
Q & A with the author of ‘Surveying the Anthropocene: Environment and photography now’
by Patricia Macdonald Tell us a bit about your book… The purpose of the book is to explore the range of responses of thoughtful photographic image-makers worldwide to the current emergency times – the global situation of multiple, interconnected, environmental…
The Shanghai Museum, the Giant Panda, and Environmental Awareness in China
By Li-Chuan TAI In 1869, when French Lazarist Father Armand David (1826–1900) “discovered” the giant panda in Moupin, Sichuan province of Southwest China, no other Westerners had ever encountered one, and even Chinese people outside of the area had very…
From the Archives – Patron’s Review – The role of the moving image in natural history
Images of natural history, whether stationary or moving, have the capacity to affect the emotions of an audience. Through the creation of narratives, anthropomorphic reflection and knowledge transfer, they have the power to change perceptions and behaviour. In our featured…