Re: [dinosaur] Sue the T-rex story and controversy over access to fossils (free pdf)
Ben Creisler <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Jan 2020 09:05:54 -0800
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--000000000000b90de2059b8fca40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable Sorry, make the publication date 2020... (it was posted online at the end= =0Aof 2019 but is officially dated 2020)...=0A=0AElizabeth D. Jones (2020)= =0AAssumptions of authority: the story of Sue the T-rex and controversy ove= r=0Aaccess to fossils.=0AHistory and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 42, Ar= ticle number: 2=0ADOI: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3= A__doi.org_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D0288-2D4&d=3DDwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIg= vi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&= m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DV_IrS66l5ybBrZ6EzupcZGr= MqTi-oBYczS9WcsqU3ZI&e=3D=20=0Ahttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u= =3Dhttps-3A__link.springer.com_article_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D0288-2D4&d=3D= DwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Y= l9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg= &s=3DMBtsexND6awD6Uqkd9r6GmHfnbQe2_DENJft1cAHVTA&e=3D=20=0A=0AFree pdf:=0Ah= ttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__link.springer.com_con= tent_pdf_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D0288-2D4.pdf&d=3DDwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOV= Igvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9S= I&m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DA4ntcaWf-HmKZiVDvLEF5= Z5GLirgyps2vr4mpb0JK6Q&e=3D=20=0A=0AOn Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 8:57 AM Ben Crei= sler <[email protected]> wrote:=0A=0A>=0A> Ben Creisler=0A> bcreisler@gma= il.com=0A>=0A> A recent paper with free pdf:=0A>=0A> Elizabeth D. Jones (20= 19)=0A> Assumptions of authority: the story of Sue the T-rex and controvers= y over=0A> access to fossils.=0A> History and Philosophy of the Life Scienc= es 42, Article number: 2=0A> DOI: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?= u=3Dhttps-3A__doi.org_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D0288-2D4&d=3DDwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQ= UTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z= 1CYJgFW9SI&m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DV_IrS66l5ybB= rZ6EzupcZGrMqTi-oBYczS9WcsqU3ZI&e=3D=20=0A> https://urldefense.proofpoint.c= om/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__link.springer.com_article_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D02= 88-2D4&d=3DDwIFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO= 4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteKIkOhnAnej= 05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DMBtsexND6awD6Uqkd9r6GmHfnbQe2_DENJft1cAHVTA&e=3D=20=0A>=0A>= Free pdf:=0A> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__link.= springer.com_content_pdf_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D0288-2D4.pdf&d=3DDwIFaQ&c= =3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgec= RCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DA4n= tcaWf-HmKZiVDvLEF5Z5GLirgyps2vr4mpb0JK6Q&e=3D=20=0A>=0A>=0A> Although the b= uying, selling, and trading of fossils has been a principle=0A> part of pal= eontological practice over the centuries, the commercial=0A> collection of = fossils today has re-emerged into a pervasive and lucrative=0A> industry. I= n the United States, the number of commercial companies driving=0A> the leg= al, and sometimes illegal, selling of fossils is estimated to have=0A> doub= led since the 1980s, and worries from academic paleontologists over=0A> thi= s issue has increased accordingly. Indeed, some view the=0A> commercializat= ion of fossils as one of the greatest threats to paleontology=0A> today. In= this article, I address the story of "Sue"--the largest, most=0A> complete= , and most expensive Tyrannosaurus rex ever excavated=E2=80=94whose=0A> dis= covery incited a series of high-profile legal battles throughout the=0A> 19= 90s over the question of "Who owns Sue?" Over the course of a decade,=0A> v= arious stakeholders from academic paleontologists and fossil dealers to=0A>= Native Americans, private citizens, and government officials all laid clai= m=0A> to Sue. In exploring this case, I argue that assumptions of authority= are=0A> responsible for initiating and sustaining debates over fossil acce= ss. Here,=0A> assumptions of authority are understood as assumptions of own= ership, or=0A> expertise, or in some cases both. Viewing the story from thi= s perspective=0A> illuminates the significance of fossils as boundary objec= ts. It also=0A> highlights the process of boundary-work by which individual= s and groups=0A> constructed or deconstructed borders around Sue (specifica= lly) and fossil=0A> access (more generally) to establish their own authorit= y. I draw on science=0A> studies scholarship as well as literature in the p= rofessionalization,=0A> commercialization, and valuation of science to exam= ine how assumptions of=0A> authority facilitated one of the most divisive e= pisodes in recent=0A> paleontological history and the broader debate on the= commercial collection=0A> of vertebrate fossil material in the United Sate= s.=0A>=0A>=0A= --000000000000b90de2059b8fca40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Sorry, make the publication date 2020... (it was post= ed online at the end of 2019 but is officially dated 2020)...</div><div><br= ></div><div>Elizabeth D. Jones (2020)<br>Assumptions of authority: the stor= y of Sue the T-rex and controversy over access to fossils.<br>History and P= hilosophy of the Life Sciences 42, Article number: 2<br>DOI:=C2=A0<a href= =3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__doi.org_10.1007_= s40656-2D019-2D0288-2D4&d=3DDwMFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHh= pN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m= =3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DV_IrS66l5ybBrZ6Ezupc= ZGrMqTi-oBYczS9WcsqU3ZI&e=3D" target=3D"_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007= /s40656-019-0288-4</a><br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/u= rl?u=3Dhttps-3A__link.springer.com_article_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D0288-2D4&= amp;d=3DDwMFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3D= Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteK= IkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DMBtsexND6awD6Uqkd9r6GmHfnbQe2_DENJft1cAHVTA&am= p;e=3D" target=3D"_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40656-= 019-0288-4</a></div><div><br>Free pdf:<br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.pro= ofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__link.springer.com_content_pdf_10.1007_s406= 56-2D019-2D0288-2D4.pdf&d=3DDwMFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHh= pN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m= =3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DA4ntcaWf-HmKZiVDvLEF= 5Z5GLirgyps2vr4mpb0JK6Q&e=3D" target=3D"_blank">https://link.springer.c= om/content/pdf/10.1007/s40656-019-0288-4.pdf</a><br></div></div><br><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 7, 20= 20 at 8:57 AM Ben Creisler <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">bcrei= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padd= ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>Ben Creisler</div><div><a href=3D"m= ailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div><= div><br></div><div>A recent paper with free pdf:</div><div><br></div><div>E= lizabeth D. Jones (2019)<br>Assumptions of authority: the story of Sue the = T-rex and controversy over access to fossils.<br>History and Philosophy of = the Life Sciences 42, Article number: 2<br>DOI: <a href=3D"https://urldefen= se.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__doi.org_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D0288-= 2D4&d=3DDwMFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&= r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpv= rteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DV_IrS66l5ybBrZ6EzupcZGrMqTi-oBYczS9WcsqU3Z= I&e=3D" target=3D"_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-019-0288-4</a>= <br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__link.= springer.com_article_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D0288-2D4&d=3DDwMFaQ&c= =3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9My= ZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpvrteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg= &s=3DMBtsexND6awD6Uqkd9r6GmHfnbQe2_DENJft1cAHVTA&e=3D" target=3D"_b= lank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40656-019-0288-4</a></div>= <div><br>Free pdf:<br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u= =3Dhttps-3A__link.springer.com_content_pdf_10.1007_s40656-2D019-2D0288-2D4.= pdf&d=3DDwMFaQ&c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&= r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=3DTGgbDrdjKJOpx-rPYpv= rteKIkOhnAnej05D_GQzNVYg&s=3DA4ntcaWf-HmKZiVDvLEF5Z5GLirgyps2vr4mpb0JK6= Q&e=3D" target=3D"_blank">https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007= /s40656-019-0288-4.pdf</a><br><br><br>Although the buying, selling, and tra= ding of fossils has been a principle part of paleontological practice over = the centuries, the commercial collection of fossils today has re-emerged in= to a pervasive and lucrative industry. In the United States, the number of = commercial companies driving the legal, and sometimes illegal, selling of f= ossils is estimated to have doubled since the 1980s, and worries from acade= mic paleontologists over this issue has increased accordingly. Indeed, some= view the commercialization of fossils as one of the greatest threats to pa= leontology today. In this article, I address the story of "Sue"--= the largest, most complete, and most expensive Tyrannosaurus rex ever excav= ated=E2=80=94whose discovery incited a series of high-profile legal battles= throughout the 1990s over the question of "Who owns Sue?" Over t= he course of a decade, various stakeholders from academic paleontologists a= nd fossil dealers to Native Americans, private citizens, and government off= icials all laid claim to Sue. In exploring this case, I argue that assumpti= ons of authority are responsible for initiating and sustaining debates over= fossil access. Here, assumptions of authority are understood as assumption= s of ownership, or expertise, or in some cases both. Viewing the story from= this perspective illuminates the significance of fossils as boundary objec= ts. It also highlights the process of boundary-work by which individuals an= d groups constructed or deconstructed borders around Sue (specifically) and= fossil access (more generally) to establish their own authority. I draw on= science studies scholarship as well as literature in the professionalizati= on, commercialization, and valuation of science to examine how assumptions = of authority facilitated one of the most divisive episodes in recent paleon= tological history and the broader debate on the commercial collection of ve= rtebrate fossil material in the United Sates.<br><br></div></div>=0A</block= quote></div>=0A= --000000000000b90de2059b8fca40--