Conservation Science and Contemporary Art

Thinking about Tenerife

Bibliographic Data

ID10265708
AuthorsLuke A’Bear (0000-0003-1556-7002, Luke A’Bear, James Curtis Hayward and Meredith Root-Bernstein1 (conservationists), Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K., corresponding author), James Curtis Hayward (Luke A’Bear, James Curtis Hayward and Meredith Root-Bernstein1 (conservationists), Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K., corresponding author), Meredith Root-Bernstein (0000-0002-2513-1248, Luke A’Bear, James Curtis Hayward and Meredith Root-Bernstein1 (conservationists), Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K. E-mail: [email protected]., corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume50
Issue1
Pages27-30
Publication date2017-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeonardo (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/leon_a_01153
OpenAlexW1887899804
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

Art has long been seen as a way to illustrate conservation science for public outreach, especially to children. However, art has a greater role to play as a partner in interdisciplinary practice. Here we explore four examples where early-career conservationists have used the production of artwork inspired by contemporary art movements to engage critically and emotionally through the formalisms of art with conservation issues on the island of Tenerife. The authors suggest that the production of art by conservationists and as conservation (and vice versa) is key to learning to translate between art and science, leading to broader interdisciplinarity

Art · Biodiversity · Biology · Conservation science · Epistemology · Sociology · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Ecology · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Philosophy

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