Australasian Animal Studies Association

Creative Animals: Teya Brooks Pribac in conversation with Carol Gigliotti

A favourite activity of my (rescued) sheep is eating the leaves and flowers from surrounding trees, the higher the branches the better. In order to reach the latter the sheep have to stand on their hind legs. Henry has never mastered this technique, a disadvantage that he quickly compensated for with a creative solution: he […]

Member publication: Kris Hill, Michelle Szydlowski, Sarah Oxley Heaney and Debbie Busby

Hill, M. Szydlowski, S. Oxley Heaney, D. Busby (2022). ‘Uncivilized Behaviors: How Humans Wield “Feral” to Assert Power (and Control) Over Other Species.’ Society & Animals. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10088   What scholarly disciplines are most relevant to this publication?  Our approach to anthrozoology engages with post-humanist ideas that challenge human exceptionalism and anthropocentric assumptions. This paper looks […]

Member Publication: Teya Brooks Pribac

Teja and Pumpkin Brooks Pribac, Teya (2022) ‘Narrating Animals: Between Fear and Resilience’, Religions 13(7), 597, https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13070597, https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/7/597    What scholarly disciplines are most relevant to this publication?   Animals and belief systems are the focus of this work so it would be of interest to scholars in religious and animal studies, but also in other […]

Australian Animal Law – Teya Brooks Pribac in conversation with Elizabeth Ellis

‘Courts … are slow to embrace change,’ said a judge who considered (and refused) a proposal to extend legal rights to chimpanzees, but she also added, citing a different judge: ‘times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress.’[1] […]

Member Publication: Dinesh Wadiwel

Wadiwel, Dinesh. (2022). “Le Voreux: Scenes of Animal Labour in Emile Zola’s Germinal.” In Animal Remains. Edited by Sarah Bezan and Robert McKay, Routledge, pp. 158-180. What scholarly disciplines are most relevant to this publication?   My essay examines a novel – Emile Zola’s Germinal – and is published as a chapter in a collection which […]

Member blog: Justine Philip

— Growing up, I always gravitated towards animals – I avoided eating meat, I grieved deeply when my companion animals passed away, and spent every holiday in the company of dogs, cats, horses, chickens and lambs on my grandparents’ farm in Taranaki, Aotearoa-New Zealand.  Decades later, I was listening to an ABC radio interview with […]

Member publication: Michelle Szydlowski

Szydlowski, Michelle (2022) ‘Elephants in Nepal: Correlating Disease, Tourism, and Welfare’, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2022.2028628   What scholarly disciplines are most relevant to this publication?   This paper draws upon biology, tourism studies, and the social sciences. Individual elephants are caught between conservation efforts and commodification; their outcomes dependent upon classification by humans […]

Member blog: Rebecca Hendershott

The paths we take are rarely linear. Mine has felt like I keep circling around the same topic – knowing animals – but from different angles. I have explored animal rights, intersubjectivity, and conservation, with various species as my teachers. As a child, family pets taught me to think beyond the human – to recognise […]

Member Blog: Natalie Lis

I work in an avian-centric home and cohabitate with a combination of distinct individuals. Sharing a home and garden with birds is anchored in a relationship of respect. Each bird is an independent adult who has their own ideas of friendship, hobbies and food preferences; and while some birds stand on my head while I […]