Arts & Sciences Spring 2024

Part of Something Bigger For Goode, the idea for this project took shape when he became Tolley professor, a role designed to support teaching excellence. He wanted to focus on how the humanities could help people to learn about ecology and climate. “The science on things like climate change is fairly well decided,” says Goode. “If we’re going to change the future, that really depends on culture change as much as it depends upon policy change, and while one set of art exhibits is not going to do that by themselves, they can be part of something bigger.” For Holohan, this project marks an important first for the museum in utilizing their collections beyond the footprint of campus. She points out that the virtual teaching guides allow everyone to access these resources from anywhere. “This was the first of this type [of project] where we dug deep into the museum’s collection, assembled a research team and created the e-museum and teaching guides,” says Holohan. It likely won’t be the last.

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The “Wilderness and Wildness” e-museum teaching guide brings together different images of elephants from across time and place with the goal of provoking questions about animal captivity and the relationship between humans and animals. Evoking Ecological Inquiry