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Dissertation
Saving Sun Bears: Exploring the life of Malaysian ecologist Dr Wong
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Creative Arts, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00006
Abstract
In this project I use practice-led research to construct a historiographic biography of Malaysian biologist and tropical ecologist, Dr Wong Siew Te in order to explore the potential of long-form nonfiction as a communication tool for the dissemination of conservation science. Telling the life story of a non-Western scientist working in his own country offers me the opportunity to delve into cultural discourse around conservation, while using interdisciplinary environmental interpretation scholarship to inform my subjective positioning within the narrative. While incorporating the histories of individual Malayan sun bears (Helarctos Malayanus) to illustrate issues such as habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching and the illegal pet trade, I seek to avoid anthropomorphism and instead to give voice to the ‘world’s forgotten bear’ through informed speculation. Using an ethically collaborative approach, I aim to present science in a way that is accessible to a non-specialist audience and potentially evoke the necessary environmental stewardship outside of scientific circles.
Details
- Title
- Saving Sun Bears: Exploring the life of Malaysian ecologist Dr Wong
- Authors
- Sarah Pye
- Contributors
- Paul Williams (Supervisor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Creative Arts
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00006
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99482207902621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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