{"id":25050,"date":"2021-06-23T13:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T11:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=pressstatement&#038;p=25050"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:38:37","slug":"terrible-beauty-elephant-human-ivory","status":"publish","type":"pressstatement","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/presse\/mitteilungen\/terrible-beauty-elephant-human-ivory\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrible Beauty: Elephant \u2013 Human \u2013 Ivory"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header\" >\n\t<block-header inline-template>\n\t\t<figure role=\"group\" aria-labelledby=\"desc_m_69f4cfa5c9a90\">\n\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes_d\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-300x180.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":180,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"large\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-1024x613.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":613,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-768x460.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":460,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"small\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-440x264.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":264,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-580x347.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":347,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-720x431.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-1280x767.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":767,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"full\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-1920x1150.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-1536x920.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer-2048x1227.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1227,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"original\":{\"file\":\"210603_Webteaser_SchrecklichSchoen_quer.jpg\",\"width\":3840,\"height\":2300}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt_d\" : \"A stylized image of an elephant's eye, surrounded by golden and textured elements on a dark background.\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path_d\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay_d\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop_d\" : {\"top\":\"50.00\",\"left\":\"50.00\"},\n\t\t\t\t\"background_d\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale_d\" : 2,\n\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes_m\" : [],\n\t\t\t\t\"alt_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"path_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop_m\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background_m\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale_m\" : 1,\n\n\t\t\t\t\"has_mobile_format\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"has_ad\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"audio_description_yt\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:59.895833333333%;\" v-if=\"sizes\" data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-15,15]}}'>\n\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :scale=\"scale\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\" media-id=\"desc_m_69f4cfa5c9a90\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"autoplay-audio-description-btn icon-background icon-audio-describtions\" @click=\"audioDescriptionPlay\" v-if=\"hasAudioDescription\" aria-label=\"Audiodeskription aufrufen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-row end-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info\" aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"isOpen ? 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