The diorama as a means for biodiversity education

TY - CHAP

T1 - The diorama as a means for biodiversity education

AU - Marandino, Martha

AU - Achiam, Marianne

AU - De Oliveira, Adriano Dias

PY - 2015/1/1

Y1 - 2015/1/1

N2 - Natural history museums were first to register and document biodiversity, and today, they continue to do so. However, their perspective has changed from research to education, leading to a concomitant development of the exhibition: From being collections of research objects, exhibitions became educational environments, resulting in the genesis of the diorama. We discuss the development of the notion of biodiversity from its earliest museum representations to today, where dioramas remain a popular and effective way of disseminating biodiversity. We discuss modern dioramas and the potentials and challenges of presenting biodiversity. Finally, we discuss dioramas as educational devices.

AB - Natural history museums were first to register and document biodiversity, and today, they continue to do so. However, their perspective has changed from research to education, leading to a concomitant development of the exhibition: From being collections of research objects, exhibitions became educational environments, resulting in the genesis of the diorama. We discuss the development of the notion of biodiversity from its earliest museum representations to today, where dioramas remain a popular and effective way of disseminating biodiversity. We discuss modern dioramas and the potentials and challenges of presenting biodiversity. Finally, we discuss dioramas as educational devices.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84943311849&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-94-017-9496-1_19

DO - 10.1007/978-94-017-9496-1_19

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84943311849

SN - 9789401794954

SP - 251

EP - 266

BT - Natural History Dioramas

PB - Springer Netherlands

ER -