Competing Natural and Historical Heritage
The Penguin Pool at London Zoo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5884779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Shapland (0000-0001-6537-9179, Institute of Archaeology, corresponding author), David Van Reybrouck (Institute of Archaeology) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10-29 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13527250701712026 |
| OpenAlex | W2052961965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Zoos are complex social representations of the natural world. They are not just about animals but equally about cultural attitudes towards animals. This nature–culture duality poses formidable challenges when it comes to appreciating historical zoo architecture today. Many old animal enclosures are artistic highpoints, but modern standards of animal welfare as well as contemporary visitors’ expectations often make them ill‐suited, or at least ill‐reputed, as buildings for housing animals. Taking the recent removal of penguins from Lubetkin’s Penguin Pool (1934) in London Zoo as a point of departure, this article highlights the complexities of reconciling natural and cultural heritage in the zoo today
Archaeology · Cultural heritage · Environmental ethics · Geography · Natural heritage · Tourism · World heritage · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |