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Model::setSource() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 777
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 483
ClassRegistry::init() - CORE/cake/libs/class_registry.php, line 142
Controller::loadModel() - CORE/cake/libs/controller/controller.php, line 634
Controller::constructClasses() - CORE/cake/libs/controller/controller.php, line 501
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/cake/dispatcher.php, line 186
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/cake/dispatcher.php, line 171
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 113
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DataSource::describe() - CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/datasource.php, line 278
DboMysqlBase::describe() - CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.php, line 120
Model::schema() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 938
Model::setSource() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 789
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 483
ClassRegistry::init() - CORE/cake/libs/class_registry.php, line 142
Model::__constructLinkedModel() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 667
Model::__createLinks() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 638
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 491
ClassRegistry::init() - CORE/cake/libs/class_registry.php, line 142
Model::__constructLinkedModel() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 667
Model::__createLinks() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 638
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 491
ClassRegistry::init() - CORE/cake/libs/class_registry.php, line 142
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DataSource::describe() - CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/datasource.php, line 278
DboMysqlBase::describe() - CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.php, line 120
Model::schema() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 938
Model::setSource() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 789
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 483
ClassRegistry::init() - CORE/cake/libs/class_registry.php, line 142
Model::__constructLinkedModel() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 667
Model::__createLinks() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 638
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 491
ClassRegistry::init() - CORE/cake/libs/class_registry.php, line 142
Model::__constructLinkedModel() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 667
Model::__createLinks() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 638
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 491
ClassRegistry::init() - CORE/cake/libs/class_registry.php, line 142
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DataSource::describe() - CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/datasource.php, line 278
DboMysqlBase::describe() - CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.php, line 120
Model::schema() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 938
Model::setSource() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 789
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 483
ClassRegistry::init() - CORE/cake/libs/class_registry.php, line 142
Model::__constructLinkedModel() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 667
Model::__createLinks() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 638
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 491
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Model::__constructLinkedModel() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 667
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Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 491
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DataSource::describe() - CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/datasource.php, line 278
DboMysqlBase::describe() - CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.php, line 120
Model::schema() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 938
Model::setSource() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 789
Model::__construct() - CORE/cake/libs/model/model.php, line 483
ClassRegistry::init() - CORE/cake/libs/class_registry.php, line 142
Controller::loadModel() - CORE/cake/libs/controller/controller.php, line 634
Controller::constructClasses() - CORE/cake/libs/controller/controller.php, line 501
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Why is an object, an artwork, or a person deemed “exotic”? How does one’s gaze get directed onto things or people seemingly belonging to other regions or cultures? These questions are examined here in relation to a specific context: the Enlightenment era from the Swiss perspective. This publication brings together research by academics and museum specialists for the first time in order to rethink this time period and geography. It contains essays and shorter texts centered on pictures, objects, books, and natural specimens from Swiss museum collections. “Exotic” in this context refers to things that come from elsewhere and that can be used and “improved” for the benefit of European powers. The term invites us to reconsider both the long eighteenth century and the international history of Switzerland.