Molecularising Nature: How Scandinavian Wolves Became Natural
This paper examines the construction and stabilisation of Scandinavian wolves as natural and worthy of protection. I argue that molecular biology was crucial to this process, and that the most significant work of the molecular biologists was to construct boundaries between pairs of categories, such...
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University of Edinburgh
2013-06-01
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| author | Håkon B. Stokland |
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| description | This paper examines the construction and stabilisation of Scandinavian wolves as natural and worthy of protection. I argue that molecular biology was crucial to this process, and that the most significant work of the molecular biologists was to construct boundaries between pairs of categories, such as natural and unnatural. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bf5745d6c524e97af10b4a39b6f66922022-12-21T18:47:37ZengUniversity of EdinburghForum1749-97712013-06-011619525Molecularising Nature: How Scandinavian Wolves Became NaturalHåkon B. Stokland0Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyThis paper examines the construction and stabilisation of Scandinavian wolves as natural and worthy of protection. I argue that molecular biology was crucial to this process, and that the most significant work of the molecular biologists was to construct boundaries between pairs of categories, such as natural and unnatural.http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/525 |
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| title | Molecularising Nature: How Scandinavian Wolves Became Natural |
| title_full | Molecularising Nature: How Scandinavian Wolves Became Natural |
| title_fullStr | Molecularising Nature: How Scandinavian Wolves Became Natural |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molecularising Nature: How Scandinavian Wolves Became Natural |
| title_short | Molecularising Nature: How Scandinavian Wolves Became Natural |
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| url | http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/525 |
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