Jack Ashby
Biographic Data
| ID | 5081388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack Ashby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack |
| FAMILY NAME | Ashby |
| SIGNATURE | ASHBY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6390-255X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Entwined Human and Environmental Costs of the Colonial Project: Perspectives from Natural History Collections
Although such research has long been mainstream in world cultures collections, natural history museums have only recently begun tracing their colonial histories, seeking to identify individuals obscured by power imbalances, and inviting consideration of specimens as artifacts of invasion, exploitation, and extraction, as well as scientific data. This article summarizes these developments within natural history, providing possible approaches and q…
Natural history museums as provocateurs for dialogue and debate
Interpretation in natural history museums is generally conservative with methods of collections interpretation barely changed since the first natural history museums were founded. For all the changes undertaken by museums in the last 20 years, sector leaders such as the American Museum of Natural History, the Natural History Museum, London, the National Museum, Prague, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin and the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Pa…
The Relationship of Hospital Quality and Cost per Case in Hawaii
One of the leading questions of our time is whether high-quality care leads to lower health care costs. Using data from Hawaii hospitals, this paper addresses the relationship of overall cost per case to a composite measure of the quality of inpatient care and a 30-day readmission rate. We found that low-cost hospitals tend to have the highest quality but the worst readmission performance. Change in quality and change in cost were also negatively…
Natural history museums as provocateurs for dialogue and debate
Interpretation in natural history museums is generally conservative with methods of collections interpretation barely changed since the first natural history museums were founded. For all the changes undertaken by museums in the last 20 years, sector leaders such as the American Museum of Natural History, the Natural History Museum, London, the National Museum, Prague, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin and the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Pa…
The Relationship of Hospital Quality and Cost per Case in Hawaii
One of the leading questions of our time is whether high-quality care leads to lower health care costs. Using data from Hawaii hospitals, this paper addresses the relationship of overall cost per case to a composite measure of the quality of inpatient care and a 30-day readmission rate. We found that low-cost hospitals tend to have the highest quality but the worst readmission performance. Change in quality and change in cost were also negatively…
Natural history museums as provocateurs for dialogue and debate
Interpretation in natural history museums is generally conservative with methods of collections interpretation barely changed since the first natural history museums were founded. For all the changes undertaken by museums in the last 20 years, sector leaders such as the American Museum of Natural History, the Natural History Museum, London, the National Museum, Prague, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin and the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Pa…
The Entwined Human and Environmental Costs of the Colonial Project: Perspectives from Natural History Collections
Although such research has long been mainstream in world cultures collections, natural history museums have only recently begun tracing their colonial histories, seeking to identify individuals obscured by power imbalances, and inviting consideration of specimens as artifacts of invasion, exploitation, and extraction, as well as scientific data. This article summarizes these developments within natural history, providing possible approaches and q…
Archaeology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 works) · Cost control (1 works) · Data mining (1 works)