Natalia Schwien Scott
Biographic Data
| ID | 373925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalia Schwien Scott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalia Schwien |
| FAMILY NAME | Scott |
| SIGNATURE | SCOTT N S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Committee for the Study of Religion, Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-8419-1634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Relics of Science
Natural history museums function as pedagogical showrooms for science. They operate within the contemporary framework of the biological sciences-presented as secular, value-free, and devoid of social influence. However, I argue the practice of preserving and displaying bodies carries not only an epistemological lineage but also an ontological one. In this paper, I consider the function of preserved bodies in both Catholicism and natural history m…
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The Relics of Science
Natural history museums function as pedagogical showrooms for science. They operate within the contemporary framework of the biological sciences-presented as secular, value-free, and devoid of social influence. However, I argue the practice of preserving and displaying bodies carries not only an epistemological lineage but also an ontological one. In this paper, I consider the function of preserved bodies in both Catholicism and natural history m…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 work) · Race, Genetics, and Society (1 work)