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Kristian H. Nielsen presents "Entangled expeditionary culture in the 21st century: The many meanings of the Danish Galathea 3 Expedition from August 2006 to April 2007"

9th ESHS Conference: Visual, Material and Sensory Cultures of Science, Online, 31 August - 3 September 2020

Room 6: S87 - Cultures of expeditionary science: Exploring the role of scientific expeditions in scientific knowledge production, (geo)political struggles and popular imaginaries in the 20th and 21st centuries

Tuesday 1 September @ 4-6 pm (CEST)

Convener: Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Chair: Matthias Heymann (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Papers

1 - Sofia Viegas (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Two of a kind: two collecting opportunities; the same purpose? Colonial botany in Portuguese Africa at the University of Porto herbarium

2 - Catarina Fontoura (Falmouth University, UK), Photography, science-making and wild animals in the Royal Society-Royal Geographical Society Xavantina-Cachimbo expedition to Mato Grosso, Brazil 1967-69

3 - Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen (Aarhus University, Denmark), Entangled expeditionary culture in the 21st century: The many meanings of the Danish Galathea 3 Expedition from August 2006 to April 2007

4 - Matthias Heymann (Aarhus University, Denmark), commentator