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Manuela Bauche¹

¹Dr. des., Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115, Berlin.

Berichte Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte

|October 3, 2020

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Cuban corals, moved to East Berlin for a museum diorama, reveal complex associations. These natural objects were intertwined with politics, economics, and institutional factors, demonstrating their dynamic nature.

Area of Science:

Environmental history
Science and technology studies
Museum studies

Context:

Coral reef ecology utilizes the concept of 'association' to describe species composition influenced by environmental factors.
Bruno Latour's sociological concept of 'association' provides a framework for analyzing human-object interactions.
The study examines the historical movement and display of Cuban corals in East Berlin.

Purpose:

To explore the history of Cuban corals relocated to East Berlin between 1964 and 1974.
To analyze the corals not as fixed natural objects but as dynamic elements within heterogeneous associations.
To demonstrate the interplay of natural, political, economic, and institutional factors in shaping the corals' journey and exhibition.

Summary:

The article traces the journey of Cuban corals from their collection on the northern Cuban coast to their incorporation into a coral reef diorama in East Berlin's Natural History Museum in 1974.

Keywords:

Ausstellung Cuba DDR Diorama GDR Korallen Kuba Museumsobjekt Naturkundemuseum Objektbiografie corals diorama exhibition material culture materielle Kultur museum object natural history museum object biography

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It argues that these corals, far from being simple natural specimens, were embedded in complex, evolving associations.

These associations included biological organisms, non-organic materials, national politics, postcolonial economies, and museum institutional politics.

Impact:

Challenges the notion of natural objects as independent entities, highlighting their entanglement with socio-political and economic contexts.
Offers a novel perspective on museum exhibits by revealing the hidden histories and associations embedded within displayed natural specimens.
Contributes to understanding the broader implications of collecting, mobilizing, and exhibiting natural resources within specific geopolitical landscapes.