Species of Accumulation
& the Necromass of Natural History
Anna-Sophie Springer
Current
My research is an in-depth theoretical analysis of my work as Principal Co-Investigator and Co-Curator of the international exhibition-led research initiative Reassembling the Natural (2013–23, henceforth RN). With major exhibitions, publications, and public event programmes, RN was an international and transdisciplinary collaboration dedicated to reassembling and critically repurposing the so-called “necromass” of natural history specimen collections with the aim of denaturalising the legacy of extractivist and ecocidal practices and transforming the inheritance of these collections. The thesis is organised in five chapters that explore the intertwined legacies of colonial natural history and geopolitical exploitation by approaching natural history collections through their relationship to the biodiversity/climate/pollution crises.
Chase-AHRC Studentship.
Anna-Sophie Springer’s website
Chase-AHRC Studentship.
Anna-Sophie Springer’s website