Body Worlds Exhibit Opinion Essay The body worlds exhibit is a traveling exhibition of conserved human bodies and human parts they have prepared by plastination. Plastination is when the water and fat inside the body is replaced with plastic so that human specimens can be touched‚ do not smell‚ or decay. The creator of plastination was German his name was‚ Dr. Gunther Von Hugens. The three main reasons why body worlds exhibits are a good and bad idea to have around the world are‚ educational
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Running head: Plastination Plastination Have you ever wondered how medical students get their knowledge on how they understand the human anatomy? I would believe in two ways. Books and Plastination. Books are a good reference that just shows pictures. Plastination would be the way to go. Plastination is a technique or a process used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts. It was first developed by Gunther Von Hagens in 1977. In November 1979 Gunther applied for
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While observing the process of human dissection and preservation (known as “plastination”)‚ Bohannon has a difficult time understanding this type of art making. For the author‚ plastination is a complicated and sometimes disturbing process. But she also seems to conclude that plastination is more than just “creative anatomy” (Bohannon 62)‚ and is actually a form of expression just like painting or sculpture. Plastination is a technique that challenges the boundary between science and art. Bohannon
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\ Body Worlds is an interesting exhibit‚ and visiting it at Union Station was a unique experience. My expectations for the exhibit were low. I expected something creepy and horrific. My first impression seemed to verify these concerns--the waiting area with rainbow-reflecting lights‚ the dim and maze-like rooms with the walls all black‚ the first room of pale fetuses floating in jars of liquid. That first display was eerie‚ and a little disturbing‚ as were all the other displays at the exhibit
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Last Monday‚ (August 15‚ 2011) we had our Environmental Biology Field trip at three different places all around Manila‚ We visited The Avilon Zoo‚ The La Mesa Eco Park and The Myth of the Human body. We are scheduled to depart at around 6:00 in the morning because that is what’s written in our itinerary‚ but just like what we all expected‚ the bus started the engine at around 7:30 in the morning already‚ we were kind of left behind with our scheduled trip and we’re a little bit upset about it because
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Art is different from most areas of knowledge primarily in terms of its objective and also the means by which it reflects‚ transforms and expresses them. For art‚ like philosophy‚ reflects the reality in its relationship with man‚ and represents the latter‚ his spiritual world‚ and the relations between the individuals and their interactions with the world. Pablo Picasso was known for representing his work in a non-realistic manner. However‚ the audience could relate to his works; Guernica is an
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Available online at www.gi.sanu.ac.rs J. Geogr. Inst. Cvijic. 62(3) (81-103) Review paper UDC: 911.3:380.8 DOI: 10.2298/IJGI1203081M DEVELOPMENT OF „DARK“ TOURISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY Natalija Minić *1 * University of Belgrade‚ Faculty of Geography Received 13 July 2012; reviewed 4 October 2012; accepted 12 December 2012 Abstract: The paper focuses on the development of „dark“ tourism as a type of special interest tourism. The study included analysis of the definition of „dark“
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Motivation Factors in Dark Tourism Case: House of Terror LAHTI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES The Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management Nature and Soft Adventure Tourism Bachelor’s thesis Spring 2010 Titta Niemelä Lahti University of Applied Sciences Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management NIEMELÄ‚ TITTA: Motivation Factors in Dark Tourism: Case: House of Terror Bachelor’s Thesis in Nature and Soft Adventure Tourism
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