A Cultural History of the Soul – Teya Brooks Pribac in Conversation with Kocku von Stuckrad
Sometimes you come across humans who lived before you whom you wish you had the opportunity to meet because you want to thank them simply for being the way they were, for thinking the way they did and, with it, stirring dominant narratives just enough to prevent them from setting too solidly in place. One […]
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 […]
Member blog: Siobhan O’Sullivan
I did a traditional politics degree, with little to no nonhuman animal content. When I got to honours level I was told that I could write about ‘anything’. At that time I was very involved in animal protection politics. I decided that anything could stretch to animals. I wrote my honours thesis on nonhuman animals […]