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Balliol College lecture, Does man drive animals to extinction? Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Balliol College lecture, Does man drive animals to extinction? [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Cronson, Caroline.
  • Shapiro, Beth, speaker.
  • Rubenstein, Daniel I., 1950-
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (64 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Beth Shapiro discusses her research on ancient DNA, humans versus indigeneous species, what we have learned, and the conclusion that humans probably did cause the extinction of the Beringian megafauna. Daniel Rubenstein picks up with the present and discusses his research on Grevy's zebras in Africa, working with the local people to gather statistics and to help create better conditions for the zebras, and his conclusion that humans do drive animals to extinction.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Alternative Title
Does man drive animals to extinction?
Subject
  • Shapiro, Beth
  • Rubenstein, Daniel I., 1950-
  • Extinction (Biology)
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Zebras > Africa
  • Zebras > Evolution
Genre/Form
  • Lectures.
  • Panel discussions.
  • Video.
  • Dance.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Title taken from original DVD label.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 18, 2011 (7:30 pm).
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Source (note)
  • Mary Sharp Cronson.
Contents
Introduction (2 min.) / by Caroline Cronson -- Discussion by Beth Shapiro (27 min.) -- Discussion by Daniel Rubenstein (36 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-7004
OCLC
764698879
Title
Balliol College lecture, Does man drive animals to extinction? [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
c2011.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
System Details
DVD.
Original Version
Original format: 1 DV cassette.
Performer
Speakers: Beth Shapiro (Pennsylvania State Univ. professor) and Daniel Rubenstein (Princeton Univ. professor).
Event
Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 18, 2011 (7:30 pm).
Local Note
For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].
Source
Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD
Added Author
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Cronson, Caroline. Speaker
Shapiro, Beth, speaker. Speaker
Rubenstein, Daniel I., 1950- Speaker
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-7004
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