The Animal Turn
Animal Studies Podcast
- Ankita Rathour and Lynda Korimboccus discuss the interconnections of film, tv, and animals. They touch on everything from the Peppa Pig paradox in children’s media to the shifting role of animals in Hindi cinema, nationalism and caste politics. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s8-media/s8e8
- Herre de Bondt writes a blog entry highlighting some of the ways in which street dogs in India emerged during conversations about cities and health in Season 7. Read the full entry: www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/post/inclusi...
- The quotes shared during S8E7, focused on social media, all speak to the tensions of freedom and captivity. In your experience, what role does social media play in animals' lives?
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- Laura Fernández, Amanda Weiss, & Siobhan Speiran unfurl the complex relations of social media and animals. They probe how social media packages animals as content, why that changes real lives, and where activism, policy, and platform design can push back. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s8-media/s8e7
- Check out this guest post by ethicist Carlo Salzani in response to FarmKind's newly launched "Forget Veganuary" campaign. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/post/forget-... Learn more about the original #veganuary campaign here: veganuary.com
- We celebrate 100 episodes of the The Animal Turn by asking how podcasting can teach, build community, and improve animal welfare across languages, disciplines, and daily routines. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s8-media/s8e6 #education #podcasting #TheAnimalTurn
- Looking for a graduate student who has an interest in the intersections of animals, race and/or media to join us in the upcoming Grad Review. If you are interested send us an email (info@theanimalturnpodcast.com)
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- Reposted by The Animal TurnOn the latest episode of Knowing Animals, I speak to Doris Schneeberger about her 2024 Palgrave book Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals: Towards Future Animal Rights Declarations. The episode is available free below or in all the usual places. knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-243-...
- Carrie Freeman & Christopher Eubanks explore animal (mis)representation in media. They examine the representation of animals in activist messaging & the interconnections of animal rights with other social justice movements. lnkd.in/d6TWpb5a #TheAnimalTurn #mediastudies #criticalanimalstudies
- In 1903 the plight of Brown Dog, at the hands of medical students at a London, helped spark the antivivisection movement in England. Learn more: tinyurl.com/5kaf3nvx #theanimalhighlight #TheAnimalTurn #dogs #browndogaffair #animalethics #animalexperiments #ethics #criticalanimalstudies
- The Animal Turn podcast launches Season 8 with a dive into the intersections of media, racism, and speciesism. Tobias Linné, Ellen Gorsevski, and Natalie Khazaal discuss race, species, their Media Analysis of Racism and Speciesism (MARS) test. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s8-media/s8e1
- Just been alerted that some folks subscription to The Animal Turn on Apple Podcasts has been removed and they are struggling to re-subscribe. Trying to see if this is a wide-spread issue. Anyone else having this problem?
- Death permeates our relationships with animals, yet we rarely confront the complex ethical questions it raises. In this conversation with the editors of "When Animals Die," we delve into the emerging field of animal death studies. shorturl.at/FOb7s #TheAnimalTurn #death #animalstudies
- Thom Norman joins Claudia to discuss FarmKind's work and the tenets of effective altruism. They talk about FarmKind’s compassion calculator and its lack of vegan messaging, the organizations FarmKind supports, and the critiques levelled against EA. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/bonus-episod...
- In this Animal Highlight, Virginia Thomas focuses on the domestic dog and the ways in which they might be thought of as citizens. Fun fact - the dog in the artwork is Linus! www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s5-animals-a... #animals #politics #dogs #animalhighlight #urbananimals #animalstudies
- CFP for "Animals and Business Ethics", deadline for abstracts fast approaching (30 April 2025). Find out more here: www.viennaanimalstudies.com/post/cfp-ani...
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- When the triple disaster hit Japan in 2011, people left the area but animals, such as boars, stayed. In this animal highlight Herre discusses how the animals started to roam more in the urban areas and showed no adverse radioactive side-effects. theanimalhighlight.buzzsprout.com/1950946/epis...
- Reposted by The Animal TurnIt's been a full year since I made my first post for @nichecanada.bsky.social writing about my book: Literature, Science, and Animal Advocacy in Canada. Thank you @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social for being so encouraging and making it happen! niche-canada.org/2024/04/22/n...
- Reposted by The Animal TurnAre you writing on animals and (non)violence? Are you interested in getting it published in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence? If so, I have brilliant news for you: I'm putting together a Special Issue on Animals and (Non)violence! Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do... #polisky #animalsky
- In this highlight, Herre de Bondt looks at how nuclear waste from the 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima impacted the lives of wild boars in Japan. He discusses how boars responded to the departure of humans and are being impacted by their return. theanimalhighlight.buzzsprout.com/1950946/epis...
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- Vanessa Amoroso from Four Paws International explains how captive breeding facilities create a "conveyor belt of cubs" that fuel tourism attractions while obscuring the darker reality of what happens to these animals. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/bonus-episod...
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- Matthew Adams joins Claudia on the show to talk about the dogs used by Ivan Pavlov. They discuss the importance of psychology in debates about multispecies health & point to the significance of art-based in challenging anthropocentricism. t.co/14k04iQxEc 🧵(1/4)
- Host of The Animal Turn Claudia Hirtenfelder will be giving a lecture next week about urban animals and the ways in which they are positioned as urban problems and solutions! if you are in #Vienna check it out! www.viennaanimalstudies.com/event-list #Wien #animals #tiere #cities #urbananimals
- How promising to see a book about animals and their emotional lives winning the 'Science Book of the Year' in Austria!
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- Reposted by The Animal TurnWe're thrilled to announce our CALL FOR PAPERS for the 2025 AASA Conference: "Centring Animals Across the Disciplines"! 📆 5th Nov. - 7th. Nov. at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia ⏰ Proposals due 20 June 2025 #animalstudies #academia animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen...
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- Reposted by The Animal TurnAnimal agency indeed! "..the role of animals in shaping Earth's landscapes is much more significant that previously recognised. From beavers creating wetlands to ants building mounds of soil, these diverse natural processes are crucial, yet we risk losing them as biodiversity declines."
- “Nearly 30% of the identified species are rare, endemic, or threatened, meaning vital geomorphic processes could cease before their full significance is understood.” 🌱🐋🧪🌎 #STS
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- The CRILS Network is looking to hire a Post Doctoral Research Fellow /Programme Manager. Find out more here: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
- Reposted by The Animal TurnDr. Margaret Strickland Collin’s studied termites, and was the first Black woman to earn PhD in entomology. siarchives.si.edu/blog/margare... #BlackHistoryMonth #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory
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- As always, Jeff Sebo provides a nuanced, complicated and generous way of thinking through ethical debates regarding nonhumans
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- Reposted by The Animal Turn@animalstudies.bsky.social AASA presidents, past-presidents and members galore in this new collection! So excited to have my copies finally arrive today. In great company!! Thanks for hosting our launch ❤️ #CriticalAnimalStudies #Research #NewBook #Vegan
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- In the latest episode, Heeral Chhabra tells us about urban health histories and how the welfare of free-roaming dogs in India was caught up with the colonial history of the country. Find out more: theanimalturnpodcast.com/s7-multispec... #AnimalHistories #urbananimals #TheAnimalTurn
- Heeral Chhabra is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Remaking One Health: Decolonial Approaches to Street Dogs and Rabies Prevention in India Project. She has published widely on matters related to animals in Indian history.
- Recently published a book in animal studies? Consider applying for the @animalstudies.bsky.social Book prize made possible by the fierce Siobhan O'Sullivan animalstudies.org.au/book-prize
- Herre de Bondt talks about fiddler crabs on The Animal Highlight and how these ecosystem engineers help life in mangrove forests, which are also important buffer zones against storms in coastal regions. open.spotify.com/episode/6y4y... #crabs #fiddlercrabs #theanimalhighligt #theanimalturn
- On The Animal Turn, @abhadra7.bsky.social used the quote to explain the significance of #evolution and #ecologies in understanding #animal behaviour. What are your thoughts about what evolution and biology can tell us about animal health? theanimalturnpodcast.com/s7-multispec...
- In S7E6, Claudia talks to Daniel Ramp about compassionate conservation. Daniel presents compelling arguments for integrating compassion and consideration of individuals into conservation policies and practices. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s7-multispec...
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- In S7E4, @abhadra7.bsky.social joins Claudia to explain behavioural ecology and how it is applied to understanding free-roaming dogs in India. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s7-multispec... #ecology#behaviouralecology #animalstudies #criticalanimalstudies #TheAnimalTurn #dogs #India
- In this Quick Clip Mariam Motamedi-Fraser discusses the politics of domestication and how it is connected to how different species are understood. More specifically she considers how domestication has framed dogs' species story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISca... #domestication #species #dogs
