ABSTRACT This paper analyzes one of the biggest paleontological expeditions at the turn of the twentieth century. The Tendaguru expedition in the South of German East Africa, today’s Tanzania, took place from 1909 to 1913. Organised by Berlin’s Museum für Naturkunde, the expedition took advantage of the German colonial enterprise, unearthing and transporting over 225 tons of fossils to Berlin. Among them were the bones of what eventually became the biggest mounted dinosaur in the world: Brachiosaurus brancai. This paper focuses on the issues that interrupted or delayed the visible outcome of the Tendaguru expedition and thus complicated, delayed, or interrupted a supposedly very unproblematic enterprise. By focusing on these complications, this paper aims to give new insights into the history of the Tendaguru expedition and its aftermath. At the same time, this episode in the history of transforming natural objects into objects of natural history serves to show the ways in which disruptions shaped and transformed both paleontological fieldwork and practical work at the museum. Thereby, the paper ultimately calls attention to the complex interactions between disruptions, narratives, and object habits. It further illustrates how museum objects were shaped by misfortunes and adversity, as well as broader institutional, political, and scientific narrations in colonial and post-colonial Germany, thus continuing to reshape the object habits of Brachiosaurus brancai.

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中断和改变的习惯：Tendaguru 探险队的案例

摘要 本文分析了 20 世纪初最大规模的古生物学考察之一。1909 年至 1913 年间在德属东非南部（今天的坦桑尼亚）进行的滕达古鲁探险队由柏林自然博物馆组织，这次探险队利用了德国殖民企业的优势，挖掘出超过 225 吨化石并将其运送到柏林。其中包括最终成为世界上最大的骑乘恐龙的骨头：布兰凯腕龙。这篇论文的重点是中断或延迟了 Tendaguru 远征的可见结果的问题，从而复杂、延迟或中断了一个据称非常没有问题的事业。通过关注这些复杂情况，本文旨在为坦达古鲁探险队的历史及其后果提供新的见解。与此同时，将自然对象转化为自然历史对象的这一历史事件有助于展示破坏如何塑造和改变博物馆的古生物学田野工作和实际工作。因此，这篇论文最终引起人们对干扰、叙述和物体习惯之间复杂的相互作用的关注。它进一步说明了博物馆的物品如何受到不幸和逆境的影响，以及殖民地和后殖民德国更广泛的制度、政治和科学叙述，从而继续重塑布兰凯腕龙的物品习惯。将自然物体转化为自然历史物体的这一历史事件有助于展示破坏如何塑造和改变博物馆的古生物学田野工作和实际工作。因此，这篇论文最终引起人们对干扰、叙述和物体习惯之间复杂的相互作用的关注。它进一步说明了博物馆的物品如何受到不幸和逆境的影响，以及殖民地和后殖民德国更广泛的制度、政治和科学叙述，从而继续重塑布兰凯腕龙的物品习惯。将自然物体转化为自然历史物体的这一历史事件有助于展示破坏如何塑造和改变博物馆的古生物学田野工作和实际工作。因此，这篇论文最终引起人们对干扰、叙述和物体习惯之间复杂的相互作用的关注。它进一步说明了博物馆的物品如何受到不幸和逆境的影响，以及殖民地和后殖民德国更广泛的制度、政治和科学叙述，从而继续重塑布兰凯腕龙的物品习惯。