a reflection by Cultural Anthropology student Vincent Barnhard
with help from and translated by Chocotoffert
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First posted in Dutch on this page
Introduction
In the 16th and 17th century, Wunderkammern or so called chambers of curiosities were special rooms that collected curiosities of all nature. The Wunderkammer was non-scientific. Besides a form of entertainment was the Wunderkammer above all an attempt by the owner to reflect his world-view into a theater of curiosities (Newhouse, 1998; Parnell, 2004).
