2c. The ground floor animal house: Hardly a hotel for dogs #other #speech #animal #bowwow #music #hum #narration #monologue #childspeech #kidspeaking #mainshum #wheeze #snort #speechsynthesizer #femalespeech #womanspeaking #piano #electricpiano

Audio to accompany the exhibition Pavlov & the Kingdom of Dogs, co-created by Matthew Adams & Jim Wilson. Supported by an Arts & Humanities Research Council Fellowship led by Matthew Adams. #other #animal #dog #domesticanimals #pets #bowwow #speech #narration #monologue #speechsynthesizer #femalespeech #harmonica #music #inside #smallroom #malespeech #spray #mantra #chant Questions still to be asked about contemporary research involving animals Pavlov’s experiments were funded in part by the public sale of the gastric juice of dogs as a cure for chronic indigestion in humans. Visitors to the animal house would be confronted by a motley crew... It’s hard to miss the Towers of Silence in the Institute grounds, a foreboding annex in the grounds of the Institute. Pavlov regularly performed vivisection or conducted experiments on living dogs to large audiences of students, the scientific community and the general public in a large, steeply tiered auditorium. Our reimagining of Pavlov as an action hero references the scientist’s enduring legacy and popular appeal after his death – in Soviet culture especially, but also in the history of psychology in the West. For us, naming is a significant act - a direct way of challenging the objectification of experimental animals. Were the dogs workers, or prisoners? Later in his career Pavlov actively encouraged co-workers to observe idiosyncrasies in a dog’s behaviour. A closer look at life on the factory floor Exploring Pavlov's legacy, Stalin-style On top of the doll’s house is a version of Pavlov’s desk. Why is so little known about the lives of Pavlov's dogs? On the impossibility of total control. Additional audio relating to 1b Tower of Silence In the grounds of the Institute of Experimental Medicine in St Petersburg there stands a stone monument dedicated to the laboratory dog. The effects of conditioning experiments on the dogs Pavlov's place of work for most his career in the bustling heart of St Petersburg. Welcome to the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Russia’s preeminent scientific and medical research centre, and Pavlov’s main place of work. An audience with Professor Pavlov. Additional audio relating to 4. The Anatomical Lecture Theatre. A brief introduction to the city Pavlov called home Every day, dozens of dogs would need to be transported to and from various buildings within the Institute’s extensive grounds – but how?