{"id":5374,"date":"2016-11-16T11:46:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2019-02-17T12:30:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T17:30:32","slug":"faculty-spotlight-dr-mary-pollock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/2016\/11\/5374\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Mary Pollock"},"content":{"rendered":"

The November 2016 Faculty Spotlight features Dr. Mary Pollock, professor of English, who will speak about Gerald Durrell and Green Imperialism.<\/p>\n

Date<\/strong>: November 17, 2016
\nTime<\/strong>: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm
\nLocation<\/strong>: Faculty Lounge
\nPlease RSVP at this link<\/a> for lunch.<\/strong>
\n Click here for a complete schedule of Faculty Spotlight Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGerald Durrell, Wildlife Conservation, and Green Imperialism\u201d<\/h2>\n

Spanning the second half of the twentieth century, Gerald Durrell\u2019s career as a writer and wildlife conservationist anticipated the conflicts and convergences within the wildlife conservation community of the Global North. Field science has converged with conservation activism, and \u201cGreen Imperialism\u201d is gradually giving way to an understanding of the necessary connections between conservation and humanitarian efforts.<\/p>\n

A skillful and knowledgeable naturalist, by the 1970s, Durrell had begun to depend on conservation biologists to help establish a captive breeding zoo for endangered animals, develop a successful reintroduction program, and found a professional journal devoted to zoo keeping and conservation practices. Indeed, Durrell operated at the leading edge of the curve: by the turn of the twenty-first century, most field scientists who studied endangered species also realized that their research required active involvement in conservation efforts.<\/p>\n

This evolution is reflected in the more than thirty volumes Durrell published in his lifetime; a second significant thread in these books is an evolution of ideology\u2014a change of heart.<\/p>\n

Although Durrell\u2019s early animal collection activities were extractive, by 1960, his fears about the decimation of species in environmental hot spots were expressed in \u201cgreen imperialist\u201d terms\u2014that is, by wishing to impose the conservation values and methods of the Global North onto the Global South. Twenty years later, Durrell became a leader in cooperative conservation efforts that benefited local people and required their knowledge. For example, Durrell\u2019s wildlife conservation school (now affiliated with the University of Kent), founded in 1979 and integrated with the zoo, trains wildlife experts from the environmental hotspots where they are needed to protect endangered species. Much of the financial support for these students is supplied by better funded students from the Global North.<\/p>\n

After Durrell\u2019s death in 1995, the Durrell Foundation has continued to be a major player in international wildlife conservation efforts.<\/p>\n

\"faculty_pollock_mary\"Professor Pollock<\/a> is the Nell Carlton Professor of English. \u00a0She is currently working on a new biography of Gerald Durrell, a prolific writer of travel narratives and encounters with endangered animals. This project aligns with her continuing interest in English literature, environmental issues, and nature writing. She is a recipient of the Hand Award for Scholarship and past occupant of the Nell Carlton Chair in English.<\/em><\/p>\n

Faculty Spotlight Series<\/h4>\n

The Faculty Spotlight Series at Stetson University is a monthly showcase of faculty research, creative inquiry, and other scholarly engagement to the campus community. Presenters are recipients of grant awards through the Stetson Summer Grant Program.<\/p>\n

Click here for a complete schedule of Faculty Spotlight Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The November 2016 Faculty Spotlight features Dr. Mary Pollock, professor of English, who will speak about Gerald Durrell and Green Imperialism. Date: November 17, 2016 Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm Location: Faculty Lounge Please RSVP at this link for lunch. Click here for a complete schedule of Faculty Spotlight Series \u201cGerald Durrell, Wildlife Conservation, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[146],"class_list":["post-5374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-excellence","tag-stetson-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9482,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions\/9482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}