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Category Archives: Petrochelidon

Cliff Swallow

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Anne de Marcken

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Studied by: Anne de Marcken, spring 2012 “Cliff Swallow in Flight.” Don DeBold. Flickr. April 28, 2009. I wanted to study an animal that shares my urban habitat. I wanted to challenge the notion that nature is somewhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Air, Animalia, Aves, Chordata, Europe, habitat, Hirundinidae, North America, Passeriformes, Petrochelidon, South America, Wild

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Simulacrum
Noun. An image or representation of someone or something. An unsatisfactory imitation or substitute. (pural Simulacra) "The use of animation can dilute the implications of meaning - after all, this the artifice of drawings, puppets, objects, virtual simulacra, etc. - or it can amplify it - the illusion providing exaggeration and fabricated emphasis, throwing the ideas and issues into relief." Definitions from Oxford Dictionaries Online Oxford Dictionaries. Web. 14 May 2012. <http://oxforddictionaries.com/>. Wells, Paul. The Animated Bestiary: Animals, Cartoons, and Culture. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2009. Print.