Member blog: Rebecca Hendershott

The paths we take are rarely linear. Mine has felt like I keep circling around the same topic – knowing animals –
Australasian Animal Studies Association
The Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) is the preeminent association for animal studies in the region.
The paths we take are rarely linear. Mine has felt like I keep circling around the same topic – knowing animals –
I work in an avian-centric home and cohabitate with a combination of distinct individuals. Sharing a home and garden with birds is
I did a traditional politics degree, with little to no nonhuman animal content. When I got to honours level I was told
On the last day of the AASA2021 Conference: Flourishing Animals, we met to award the two new AASA Prizes: The 2021 AASA
AASA2021: Flourishing Animals starts on the 30th October and runs through till the 2nd December. The conference is virtual, and all information
AASA members will have received their copies of the new format Animail today. Edited by Rowena Lennox, the issue has interviews with
Coinciding with and complementing the Australasian Animal Studies Association’s 2021 online conference ‘Flourishing Animals’ [see https://artsfront.com/event/137832-flourishing-animals], Animal Studies Journal invites contributions to
Narayanan, Y. (2021). ‘Animating Caste: Visceral Geographies of Pigs, Caste And Violent Nationalisms in Chennai City.’ Urban Geography. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02723638.2021.1890954?journalCode=rurb20 What scholarly disciplines
Kavesh, M. A. (2021). ‘Sensuous entanglements: a critique of cockfighting conceived as a “cultural text.”’ The Senses and Society. 16.2:152-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/17458927.2020.1858653 What
I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, but was lucky to inherit a passionate attachment to rural ‘nature’ through family holidays.