The Big Gay Animal Tour

INTRODUCTION

The Big Gay Animal Tour is an illustrated information zine that can be used in the Field Museum as a tour of animals that exhibit homosexual behavior! The Zine itself takes you on a walk from the Elephants in Stanley Field Hall, and through the What Is an Animal exhibit and various taxidermy exhibits on the ground floor of the Field Museum. At each stop you can learn how the animal in front of you is gay, bi, queer, whatever! The idea of this tour is to highlight just a few of the MANY examples of same sex behavior in nature and briefly discuss how same sex behavior and natural selection relate to one another. This zine was created by Isabella Rotman as part of her Animal Sex series, a group of small comic books highlighting strange animal mating behaviors. Isabella Rotman is a cartoonist living in Chicago Il, and her work can be seen as ThisMightHurt.Tumblr.com.

~ The printable PDF can be downloaded HERE.

Some sample images from the pamphlet and project:

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REFERENCES

Bagemihl, Bruce. Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity. New York: St. Martin's, 1999. Print.

 "Strange Animal Behavior: Well-known Homosexual Species." Bukisa. N.p., 8 May 2009. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. <http://www.bukisa.com/articles/88711_strange-animal-behavior-well-known-homosexual-species>.

"The Only Gay in the Zoo: Meet Ninio the Male Elephant with No Interest in Ladies."Mail Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169026/The-gay-zoo-Meet-Ninio-male-elephant-ladies.html>

Brennan, Zoe. "Lesbian Albatrosses, Gay Giraffes and Some Very Open-minded Penguins. So, Can Animals Really Be Gay?" Mail Online. N.p., 18 May 2012. Web. Feb. 2012. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1279241/Lesbian-albatrosses-gay-giraffes-open-minded-penguins-So-animals-really-gay.html>.

Miller, Jonathan. "New Love Breaks Up a 6-Year Relationship at the Zoo." The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 Sept. 2005. Web. 05 Dec. 2012.

 Mooallem, Jon. "THE LOVE THAT DARE NOT SQUAWK ITS NAME." The New York Times. The New York Times, 04 Apr. 2010. Web. Feb. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/magazine/04animals-t.html?pagewanted=al>.

Roughgarden, Joan. Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People. Berkeley: University of California, 2004. Print

"Homosexual Behavior: Animal Kingdom." Scienceray RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. <http://scienceray.com/biology/zoology/homosexual-behavior-animal-kingdom/>.

Vasey, Paul L. "Same Sex Partner Preference in Hormonally and Neurologically Unmanipulated Animals." Ebsco. Columbia College Chicago, 2003. Web. 22 Nov. 2012.

Smith, Dinitia. "Central Park Zoo's Gay Penguins Ignite Debate." SFGate. San Francisco Chronical, 7 Feb. 2004. Web. 05 Dec. 2012.

Preserving the Past Tour

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INTRODUCTION

Preserving the Past is a guide that is an introduction to the purpose of The Field Museum as a public institution and research facility. It is a tour that provides information on the methods a natural history museum exhibits in order to preserve scientific, material, and cultural knowledge. I chose this topic because I am generally more interested in museum politics and the display's aesthetic qualities rather than the scientific information provided within the museum. I was a bit peeved by that fact that the museum dose not make very clear it's position as a research facility to the public, and I hope that my guide provides more interest to this aspect of the museum.  (Tanner Bowman)

REFERENCES

http://fieldmuseum.org/users/john-w-mccarter-jr/blog/building-building

http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/collections

http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/history

http://fieldmuseum.org/happening/exhibits/mcdonald’s-fossil-prep-lab

http://fieldmuseum.org/about/field-museum-treasure-and-chicago-icon

http://fieldmuseum.org/about/sue-facts-fun

http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/geology/fossil-invertebrates/history

http://fieldmuseum.org/users/john-bates/blog/wonder-taxidermy

http://fieldmuseum.org/about/carl-akeley

http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/multimedia/white-light-three-dimensional-scanning

http://www.si.edu/mci/downloads/articles/nhcstability.pdf

http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/fishes

http://cmsc.minotstateu.edu/museum/dermestidcolony.html

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2759229#page/16/mode/1up

http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/paper.html

http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/insects

http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/insects/history

http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/our-collections/bulk-sample-collection

http://fieldmuseum.org/users/john-bates/blog/making-skeletons-dance

Further Resources:

Illustrations from: “Pictorial Webster’s: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities”

by John M. Carrera

http://fieldmuseum.org search engine

BY
Tanner Bowman

Interpretive Sex

INTRODUCTION

My project, Interpretive Sex, is a concept map that questions the construct and concepts of sex, I will be using this map to articulate the distinction and classification of male and female.  The map will also introduce the concepts of intersexuality, hermaphroditism, and gynandromorphism in invertebrates, mammals and birds. It is my desire of Interpretive Sex to initiate conversation of  organism’s external phenotypic sex in comparison to internal chromosomal sex. It is the goal of this concept map to broaden one’s understanding and perception of the complexities of sex determination as well as establishing the concept of sex as a human construct.

~ The printable PDF can be downloaded HERE.

Some sample images from the pamphlet and project:

REFERENCES

Chue, Justin, and Craig A. Smith. "Sex Determination and Sexual Differentiation in the Avian Model." FEBS Journal (2011): n. pag. Web.

Herpin, Amaury, and Manfred Schartl. "Vertebrate Sex Determination: Questioning the Hierarchy." FEBS Journal (2011): No. Web.

Haraway, Donna J. "Primatology Is Politics by Other Means." Www.jstor.org. The University of Chicago Press on Behalfof the Philosophy of Science Association, n.d. Web. 2012.

Markowitz, Sally. "Pelvic Politics: Sexual Dimorphism and Racial Difference." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 26.2 (2001): 389. Print.

Jann, Rosemary. "Darwin and the Anthropologists: Sexual Selection and Its Discontents." No. 2 Vol. 37, (1994): 287-306. JSTOR. Web. 21 Nov. 2012. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3828903 .>

Satoko, Narita, Pereira, Rodrigo, A.S, Finn Kjellberg,, and Kageyama , Daisuke. "Gynandromorphs and Intersexes: Potential to Understand the Mechanism of Sex Determination in Arthropods." Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, Volume 89,.3 (2010): 63-96. BRILL. Web. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187498310X496190>

"Digital Morphology at the University of Texas." Digital Morphology at the University of Texas. University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility, 2002. Web. 27 Nov. 2012.

BY
Magritte Nankin

Know-the-Nose Tour

INTRODUCTION

Stephanie McNeal and Ariella Scott curated a wunderkammer tour of noses at The Field Museum after much neurotic discussion about the shape of their own noses. Really, why are their noses so big? Combined research from the duo of researchers revealed, like all artists already know, form follows function. The following tour’s intention is to educate the viewer about noses of the animals in the collection, while simultaneously engaging critical thought in the viewer’s mind about their own unique nose.  

The easily accessible knowthenose Tumblr page, created and illustrated by Miss McNeal, allows for the tourist to conduct the tour at his or her own time and pace. Miss Scott created the map for the project, while consolidating all research into concise paragraphs that point out the same key points for each animal: context for use of animal’s nose in the wild and how form serves function in survival.

~ The printable PDF can be downloaded HERE.

However the whole text as well as references and images can also be found on the project's own website:

http://knowthenose.tumblr.com/

Some sample images from the pamphlet and project:

BY
Stephanie McNeal
Ariella Scott

"These Fish are Dead" - a museum tour

INTRODUCTION

My two-part “These Fish are Dead”  goes over the ancient fish in the Field Museum.  I think that ocean life is often overlooked when people think of coming to a natural history museum so I wanted to shine the spot light on the sea-life for a moment.  The museum has really fascinating fossils and items in their collection and I wanted to draw attention to them.  It’s just a simple light-hearted trip through the “Evolving Planet” exhibit where there is the most significant information on ancient fish.    You can print it out at home and fold it into two little books that you can bring around the exhibits with you.  

To download the two-page PDF of the tour pamphlets, click HERE

How do I turn each sheet into an 8-page booklet of Vol. 1 and 2?  

Click here for folding and cutting directions. 

Some samples for the tour pamphlets:

 

REFERENCE

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/4/l_034_02.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/588887/Tethys-Sea

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/377010/Mesozoic-Era

http://www.devoniantimes.org/who/pages/lungfish.html

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world/triassic/

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world/prehistoric-time-line/

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/devonian/devonian.php

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cambrian/cambrian.php

The Hayao Mitazake film "Ponyo"

BY

Marianne Finneran

Taxidermy at the Field Museum

INTRODUCTION

This tour brings you through some of the museums oldest exhibits, the wildlife dioramas. These dioramas have a rich history and we have researched up the wazzoo to tell you all the details, leaving nothing out. We will explain to you the good bad and the ugly about what these exhibits have done for society and science.

~ Click on the image below or HERE for a PDF printable version of the map.
~Click HERE to download the MP3 audio component of the tour. 

 
REFERENCES

Animal.discovery.com/guides/mammals/habitat/alpine/ibex.html

Animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/animal-planet-presents/videos/tiger-spy-in-the-jungle-a-tigress-stalks-a-sambar.html

www.ouramazingplanet.com/2812.-rhinos-oapmp.html

animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/Bengal-tiger/

nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/asiatrail/slothbears/factsheet.cfm

animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/sno-leopard/

www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/hoofed-mammals/gaur.html

animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/orangutan/

nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/africansavanna/fact-cheetah.cfm

www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/hoofed-mammals/kudu-greater.html

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Man-Eaters-of-Tsavo.html

animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/zebra/

www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/hoofed_mammals/ass_african_wild.html

http://www.taxidermylaw.co.uk/regulations/history.cfm

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4370708#page/5/mode/1up

http://fieldmuseum.org/about/carl-akeley

FURTHER RESOURCES

We used these videos as references as well, but they are about the making of dioramas. Really interesting and helpful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpFUloMYO7E&list=SP5E68FF5D56EB4025

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1xNUrA0TZM&list=SP5E68FF5D56EB4025&index=2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LxTKdFaeS0&list=SP5E68FF5D56EB4025&index=4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klR1ALOjLM8&list=SP5E68FF5D56EB4025&index=5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0F5VpgKesQ&list=SP5E68FF5D56EB4025&index=8


BY
Kathryn Conaway
Guillermo Rodriguez Torres
Zachery Hutchinson 

Monogamous Animal Tour

INTRODUCTION
      
The Monogamous Animal Tour leads Field Museum guests through animal exhibits presenting history and facts of monogamous animals. Monogamy is defined in ways animals use monogamy versus how humans associate monogamy. Animals are monogamous for various biological reasons, as guests learn throughout the tour. Both humans and animals place value or disadvantage to monogamy in different ways. The purpose is for guests to learn something different about animals than commonly presented. This tour was created and designed by an undergraduate student, Sarah Weber, from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

To download the printable PDF of the tour pamphlet, please click HERE

 

REFERENCES
"Adaptations and Behaviors: Monogamous." BBC, n.d. Web. 6 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/adaptations/Monogamous_pairing_in_animals>.

Society For Conservation Biology. "Monogamous Animals May Be More Likely To Die Out." ScienceDaily, 27 May 2003. Web. 8 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030527084621.htm>

Barash, David P. "Monogamy Isn't Easy, Naturally." Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2009.
Web. 6 Dec. 2012. <http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/22/opinion/la-oe-barash22-2009nov22>.

Hennessy, C., John Dubach, and S. D. Gehrt. "Long-Term Pair Bonding and Genetic Evidence for Monogamy Among Urban Coyotes (Canis latrans)" Mammal Society. Journal of Mammology, 2012. Web. 6. Dec. 2012.
<http://www.mammalsociety.org/articles/long-term-pair-bonding-and-genetic-evidence-monogamy-among-urban-coyotes-canis-latrans>.

Knebusch, Kurt. Ohio State University, 25 Sept. 2012. Web. 6 Dec. 2012.
<http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/coyotemonog.htm>.

Lambert, David. The Secret Sex Lives of Animals. New York: Sterling Pub., 2005. 31
131. Print.

Long, John A. The Dawn of the Deed: The Prehistoric Origins of Sex. N.p.: n.p., n.d.
Print.

Reichard, Ulrich H., and Christophe Boesch. Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans, and Other Mammals. New York: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.

Suter, Robert. "Monogamy and The Puzzle of Monogamous Males." B Johns, n.d. Web.
6 Dec. 2012.
<http://faculty.vassar.edu/suter/1websites/bejohns/mateselection/files/monogamy.htm>.

Than, Ker. "Wild Sex: Where Monogamy Is Rare." LiveScience.com. N.p., 20 Nov. 2006.
Web. 06 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.livescience.com/1135-wild-sex-monogamy-rare.html>.

Vaughan, Terry A. Mammalogy. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1978.Print.


FURTHER RESOURCES

Barash, David P., and Judith Eve. Lipton. The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People. New York: W. H. Freeman and, 2001. Print.


BY  
Sarah Weber