Article ID: CBB001023538

From Kearton to Attenborough: Fashioning the Telenaturalist's Identity (2011)

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The article discusses the implications of films concerning natural history for both professional and popular science, with the author highlighting the connection between scientific knowledge and sociology. The author is more broadly concerned with the production of knowledge, claiming that legitimate scientific fact should not be relegated to professional discoveries because popular science has its own social impact. Natural history film-making is then analyzed in relation to social stratification and the ability to experience nature first-hand. The social identities fashioned by film-maker Cherry Kearton and naturalist David Attenborough are examined.

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Authors & Contributors
Stuart Joy
Patrick Ellis
Patricia Coorough Burke
Terence McSweeney
Dallas C. Evans
Peter M. Sheehan
Concepts
Motion pictures; cinema; movies
Science and film
Popularization
Science fiction
Natural history
Science and society
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Spain
North America
Japan
Germany
Europe
Institutions
California Academy of Sciences
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