Article ID: CBB001450339

The Practice and Poetics of Fieldwork: Hugh Cott and the Study of Camouflage (2014)

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This paper examines the practice and poetics of the British zoologist Hugh Cott's fieldwork in order to explore the hybrid nature of developments in biological and military camouflage. Specifically focusing on two fieldtrips conducted to the Amazon and the Zambesi, and examining how Cott communicated his scientific findings through photography and art, this paper reveals that the performance of scientific knowledge production is spatially contingent; born of embodied, creative and demanding experiences and through multiple human and nonhuman engagements. Finally, it examines how this knowledge was transferred and utilised to develop mid-twentieth military camouflage. The paper considers how the craft and aesthetics of fieldwork shapes how nature is observed, recorded and communicated as scientific knowledge and military technology.

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Authors & Contributors
Shell, Hanna Rose
Marat Khaĭrulin
Waltenspül, Sarine
Schulze, Mario
A. V. Kazakov
von Hohental, Anfrea
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
Visual representation; visual communication
Technology
Camouflage, military
Military technology
Zoology
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Early modern
Medieval
Places
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Russia
Australia
Soviet Union
Institutions
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
United States Navy
Royal Society of London
Great Britain. Royal Navy
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