Initial group research

During our first group meeting we mind-mapped a collection of ideas for us to research individually over the weekend. It quickly became apparent that we were mostly interested in the reclamation of nature, or nature reclaiming its place in the modern world. Here are some of our initial ideas:

On the theme of nature reclaiming it's place...

• Trees and plants overgrowing cities or man made structures
• Animals adapting to urban environments
• Ways to stop endangered animals becoming extinct

And reclaiming nature...

• Bad taxidermy- how the Victorians took to stitching exotic animal skins together to create new or mythological animals
• Mythology- how myths began, for example, elephant skulls resembling a cyclops
• Spontaneous Generation- a reclamation of the old belief that life grows from nothing and animals appear from the substances they are found near. E.g, mice are produced by dirty clothes and old cheese. 

We also agreed that we were interested in the Wunderkammer or "Cabinet of Curiosity" style museum presentation so I researched this too.