Open AccessOn the ‘Horniman walrus’
Author(s) -
Matthew Nicholson
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
northern ireland legal quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2514-4936
pISSN - 0029-3105
DOI - 10.53386/nilq.v68i3.48
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , commercial law , environmental ethics , sociology , jurisprudence , environmental law , political science , geography , law , archaeology , philosophy
This article considers the connections between a walrus displayed in the Horniman Museum in south-east London and international environmental law. Drawing on my experience of reproducing this walrus in clay, it uses the walrus as a microcosm of international environmental law’s engagement with nature in the context of cultural and philosophical trends involving the artefactualisation, socialisation and humanisation of nature.