Cultural anthropologists, checkout this upcoming STS talk by Cambridge STS scholar James Moore - FUEGIANS, NOT FINCHES: THE MEANING OF DARWINS FIRST CONTACT. FRIDAY, November 1, 12-1:30 PM. Where: CSIS/STS Room, SSH 1246 (Map: tinyurl/1246ssh) TALK ABSTRACT: Popular preoccupation with the biogeography of the Galapagos Islands in the history of Darwins science has deflected attention from other sites that enabled him to work towards a theory of evolution during the voyage of HMS Beagle. This lecture seeks to convert the Galapagos preoccupation into a focus on Tierra del Fuego where - far more than in the Galapagos - Darwin had experiences leading to radically destabilizing thoughts that steeled him to devote his life to solving the mystery of mysteries, the origin of species. BIOGRAPHY: James Moore is co-author with Adrian Desmond of the best-selling biography Darwin (1991), now in 10 languages, and Darwin Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins (2009), hailed by the London Review of Books as the 2009 Darwin anniversary years most substantial historical contribution. Moores other books include The Darwin Legend (1994) and The Post-Darwinian Controversies (1979). Moore is a frequent contributor to the mass media, with numerous BBC television and radio documentaries and scores of interviews to his credit. In 2009 he participated in several international television documentaries about Darwin, including CCTVs seven-part series, Charles Darwin, Natures Son, the first full-scale documentary treatment of a Western scientist by state television in the Peoples Republic of China. Moore is currently researching Darwins colleague, Alfred Russel Wallace.
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