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See It, Sense It, Save It: Economies of Multisensuality in Contemporary Zoos	Author	Source	Last Updated
Contemporary zoos publicize their role as centers for the conservation of endangered species and include so-called "naturalistic displays." These and other aspects of the new zoos can be fruitfully analyzed from the perspective of what some analysts describe as the predominance of "visual culture" in modern societies. The following essay nonetheless makes the case for an interpretation of zoos that highlights their multisensual character. On the basis of the semeiotic theory of Charles Sanders Peirce and the results of visitor research at two British zoos, the essay develops an account that articulates four different modalities of observation and their corresponding economies of multisensuality.	Dr Nils Lindhal-Elliot	The Senses and Society, vol 1, number 2 July 2006 pp 203-224	Last Updated - 12th June 2006


Mediating Nature	Author	Source	Last Updated
Mediating Nature offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of discourses, institutions, technologies and media genres that have helped to shape modern environmentalist practices. The book takes the form of a cultural history that investigates the roles that media such as photography, film, television and the internet, as well as social genres such as the landscape garden, zoos and modern travel, have played in the emergence of these practices.	Nils Lindhal-Elliot	Routledge International Library of Sociology series, London, 2006	Last Updated - 1 June 2005