Article ID: CBB282099277

Haast and the Moa: Reversing the Tyranny of Distance (2000)

unapi

The powerful position of patrons and interpreters at the imperial centers and the secondary, supportive position of colonial contributors to the scientific enterprise have been emphasized in the literature on colonial science. For Sir Julius von Haast, however, New Zealand provided both the opportunity and the resources for a scientific career of international fame. Moa bones were his most valuable resource. The exchange and sale of moa bones stocked his museum; gifts of moa skeletons brought him honors; and he began to claim that being at the periphery and having seen the bones in situ gave his interpretations credibility.

...More
Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB282099277/

Similar Citations

Article Bennett, Tony; Dibley, Ben; Harrison, Rodney; (2014)
Introduction: Anthropology, Collecting and Colonial Governmentalities (/isis/citation/CBB001201581/)

Article Priscilla M. Wehi; Hemi Whaanga; Steve A. Trewick; (2012)
Artefacts, Biology and Bias in Museum Collection Research (/isis/citation/CBB988516615/)

Book Longair, Sarah; McAleer, John; (2012)
Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (/isis/citation/CBB001201464/)

Article Klemun, Marianne; (2012)
Introduction: “Moved” Natural Objects---“Spaces in Between” (/isis/citation/CBB001210367/)

Book Sascha Nolden; Simon Nathan; Esme Mildenhall; (2013)
The Correspondence of Julius Haast and Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1861-1886 (/isis/citation/CBB334415357/)

Article Roque, Ricardo; (2007)
Skulls without Words: The Order of Collections from Macao and Timor, 1879--82 (/isis/citation/CBB000931386/)

Article R.Paul Scofield; (2005)
The Supposed Macquaire Island Parakeet in the Collection of Canterbury Museum (/isis/citation/CBB764667446/)

Article Moira White; (2017)
Aurora and the Otago Museum: the boundary between Antarctic science and seamanship (/isis/citation/CBB670289936/)

Article P. J. Brownsey; (2012)
The Banks and Solander Collections—a Benchmark for Understanding the New Zealand Flora (/isis/citation/CBB882020675/)

Article Vivienne Cassie Cooper; Mark Harvey; (2003)
Frederick Reed: Pioneer New Zealand Diatomist 1909–1995: An Account of His Life and Collections (/isis/citation/CBB429964615/)

Article B.J. Gill; Michael J. Taylor; (2012)
G.A. Buddle’s Collections of New Zealand and Canton Island Birds’ Eggs (/isis/citation/CBB944133461/)

Article B.J. Gill; J.M.A. Froggatt; (2014)
The Indian Herpetological Collections of Charles Mccann (/isis/citation/CBB494398294/)

Authors & Contributors
Gill, B. J.
Sascha Nolden
Roque, Ricardo
T. Z. Robinson
Steve A. Trewick
Esme Mildenhall
Concepts
Collections
Natural history
Museums
Colonialism
Collectors and collecting
Bone and bones
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
New Zealand
Timor Island
Macau (China)
Antarctica
Indonesia
Portugal
Institutions
Alexander Turnbull Library
Universidade de Coimbra
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment