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SUMMARY:Taxidermy\, Longing\, and Beastly Allure - Dr Rachel Poliquin
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CONTACT:Dr. David Nally
DESCRIPTION:During her post-doctoral fellowship at Massachusetts Institute
  of Technology\, Rachel Poliquin delved into the strangely alluring world 
 of taxidermy with a book\, a blog\, and an exhibition.  Her book Taxiderm
 y and Longing (Penn State Press 2012) explores the cultural history and po
 etic resonance of taxidermy from its rudimentary beginnings in cabinets of
  wonder to its revival in contemporary art.  From hunting trophies to ext
 inct species and kitten weddings to perpetual pets\, Taxidermy and Longing
  examines the meaning and matter of preserved animal-things and why anyone
  would want them to exist.\n\nWith a background in visual arts and the cul
 tural history of science\, Rachel Poliquin is a writer and curator dedicat
 ed to exploring all things orderly and disorderly in the natural world.  
 Her recent projects have focussed on the cultural history of taxidermy.  
 In 2009\, Poliquin curated the exhibition “Ravishing Beasts: The Strange
 ly Alluring World of Taxidermy” at the Museum of Vancouver\, and in 2010
 \, she wrote and designed the vertebrate exhibits for the Beaty Biodiversi
 ty Museum at the University of British Columbia. Poliquin also maintains t
 he taxidermy blog www.ravishingbeasts.com.\n 
LOCATION:Hardy Building 101\, Downing Site (please note change of venue)
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