Samantha Muka
Biographic Data
| ID | 3785489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha Muka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha |
| FAMILY NAME | Muka |
| SIGNATURE | MUKA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3725-6379 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Silent Partner to Permanent Institution
Between 1902 and 1967, the New York Aquarium was an integral institution in the development of biological research in the New York Metropolitan Area. Beginning in the early twentieth century, the aquarium provided space and materials for researchers at the area’s major universities, including Columbia, New York University (NYU), and the City College of New York. Over time, these relationships became stronger, with members of the aquarium staff si…
Boxing the Pacific
Corals are slow-growing, slow-spreading organisms concentrated in the tropical and subtropical belt of the world’s oceans. Historically, moving coral required their death and preservation. In the early 1960s, communities in the Indo-Pacific began to share methods for capturing and shipping coral into captivity in aquariums throughout the world. This article traces both the transfer of knowledge and the movement of corals from the 1960s to the pre…
Audubon at Sea
Pics or It Didn't Happen
In 1961, Lee Chin Eng jumpstarted the reef hobby, a hobby dedicated to the modeling of coral reefs in captivity, with an article in Tropical Fish Hobbyist . He illustrated the article with eight photographs; these images were meaningful to the hobbyists viewing them and they conveyed both information about the tank system and also claims about Lee's expertise. This paper examines three genres of photographs—landscapes, active, and passive portrai…
Taking hobbyists seriously
The right tool and the right place for the job
Pics or It Didn't Happen
In 1961, Lee Chin Eng jumpstarted the reef hobby, a hobby dedicated to the modeling of coral reefs in captivity, with an article in Tropical Fish Hobbyist . He illustrated the article with eight photographs; these images were meaningful to the hobbyists viewing them and they conveyed both information about the tank system and also claims about Lee's expertise. This paper examines three genres of photographs—landscapes, active, and passive portrai…
Taking hobbyists seriously
The right tool and the right place for the job
Taking hobbyists seriously
Pics or It Didn't Happen
In 1961, Lee Chin Eng jumpstarted the reef hobby, a hobby dedicated to the modeling of coral reefs in captivity, with an article in Tropical Fish Hobbyist . He illustrated the article with eight photographs; these images were meaningful to the hobbyists viewing them and they conveyed both information about the tank system and also claims about Lee's expertise. This paper examines three genres of photographs—landscapes, active, and passive portrai…
Audubon at Sea
From Silent Partner to Permanent Institution
Between 1902 and 1967, the New York Aquarium was an integral institution in the development of biological research in the New York Metropolitan Area. Beginning in the early twentieth century, the aquarium provided space and materials for researchers at the area’s major universities, including Columbia, New York University (NYU), and the City College of New York. Over time, these relationships became stronger, with members of the aquarium staff si…
Boxing the Pacific
Corals are slow-growing, slow-spreading organisms concentrated in the tropical and subtropical belt of the world’s oceans. Historically, moving coral required their death and preservation. In the early 1960s, communities in the Indo-Pacific began to share methods for capturing and shipping coral into captivity in aquariums throughout the world. This article traces both the transfer of knowledge and the movement of corals from the 1960s to the pre…
Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Coral reef (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Geology (2 works)