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SUMMARY:When is a cow not a cow? - Harriet Ritvo (MIT)
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DTEND:20190506T130000Z
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CONTACT:Laura Brassington
DESCRIPTION:When we think about animals in the 19th and 20th centuries\, w
 e notice two conflicting themes. Nineteenth-century breeders carefully pol
 iced the behaviour of their animals\, in the interests of maintaining and 
 enhancing quality. On the other hand\, like many of their contemporaries\,
  breeders were also attracted by quality of a very different\, inconsisten
 t kind: the Romantic cachet associated with wildness. The tension between 
 these conflicting attractions produced divergent experiences for cattle an
 d contrasting agendas for their proprietors\; they also fuelled arguments 
 in taxonomy about the degree of difference required for the recognition of
  separate species. These tensions continue to shape and inspire efforts to
  restore lost landscapes and their vanished inhabitants. This talk will ex
 plore these themes\, considering the relationship between the constraints 
 of domestication and an increasing appreciation for wildness.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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