The Animal Turn

Claudia Hirtenfelder
  • 5.0 (4)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES
  • SEMIMONTHLY SERIES
The Animal Turn

Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – Not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. Each season is set around themes with each episode unpacking a particular animal turn concept and its significance therein. Join Claudia Hirtenfelder as she delves into some of the most important ideas emerging out of this recent turn in scholarship, thinking, and being.

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  1. S7E1: Multispecies Health with Guillem Rubio-Ramon and Krithika Srinivasan

    EPISODE 1

    S7E1: Multispecies Health with Guillem Rubio-Ramon and Krithika Srinivasan

    Guillem Rubio-Ramon and Krithika Srinivasan join Claudia to kick of Season 7 which is focused on “multispecies health.” They discuss human-dog relations and how multispecies health involves components of care, indifference and violence. Date Recorded: 7 June 2024. Guillem Rubio-Ramonis a Research Associate in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh. His research integrates more-than-human geographies and political ecologies to study the reciprocal influence of ani...

    1h 30m
  2. S7E2 - Healthy Publics with Melanie Rock and Gwendolyn Blue

    EPISODE 2

    S7E2 - Healthy Publics with Melanie Rock and Gwendolyn Blue

    Gwendolyn Blue and Melanie Rock join Claudia on the show to discuss ‘healthy publics.’ They explore how the idea of ‘public health’ has persistently been conceived of as human and unpack some of the opportunities and challenges with conceiving of multispecies health. From the historical roots of the ‘One Health’ to the modern challenges of public participation and representation, Melanie and Gwendolyn offer thought-provoking perspectives on stretching health frameworks beyond humans. &nb...

    1h 53m
  3. S7E3 - Species Story with Mariam Fraser Motamedi

    EPISODE 3

    S7E3 - Species Story with Mariam Fraser Motamedi

    In this episode Mariam Motamedi-Fraser joins us in the show to discuss ‘species story’ a concept she developed in her book Dog Politics. We discuss how the human-dog bond has been established and maintained through modern day practices and scientific discourses which have implications for how dogs can live. Date Recorded: 31 July 2024. Mariam Motamedi Fraser is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the interdisciplinary research group UCL Anthropocene, in the Department ...

    1h 34m
  4. S7E4: Behavioural Ecology with Anindita Bhadra

    EPISODE 4

    S7E4: Behavioural Ecology with Anindita Bhadra

    Anindita Bhadra joins Claudia on the show to explain what behavioural ecology is and how it has been applied to understanding the free-roaming dogs in India. They discuss the interconnections between domestication and evolution, the social organization of free roaming dogs, and dogs relationships with urban ecologies. Date Recorded: 16 August 2024. Anindita Bhadra is a behavioural biologist, working on free-ranging dogs in India. She founded The Dog Lab at the Department...

    1h 16m
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Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – Not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. Each season is set around themes with each episode unpacking a particular animal turn concept and its significance therein. Join Claudia Hirtenfelder as she delves into some of the most important ideas emerging out of this recent turn in scholarship, thinking, and being.

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  • Creator
    Claudia Hirtenfelder
  • Episodes
    85
  • Seasons
    7
  • Rating
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    © 2024 The Animal Turn
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