A5074072934- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Australian History and Society
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Race, History, and American Society
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
- South African History and Culture
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- History of Science and Medicine
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Theater, Performance, and Music History
- Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism
- Rhetoric and Communication Studies
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Cultural History and Identity Formation
- Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- Asian Studies and History
- Critical Race Theory in Education
University of Wollongong
2007-2024
Australian National University
2021
University of Technology Sydney
2020
The University of Sydney
2002-2016
Macquarie University
2007
Gender Studies
2002-2006
A growing body of literature is concerned with ‘healing’ our cities, fostering an ethic care for urban nature and creating more socially environmentally just cities. At the same time, biodiversity focus increasing number projects at multiple scales. However, in contrast to ethos multispecies ‘entanglement’ ‘becoming with’ that typically animates this research, large numbers animals ‘entangled’ machinations cities constitute a ‘nature’ remains mostly unseen. And yet, it local global practices...
We propose that the anthropomorphic application of gender stereotypes to animals influences human-animal interactions and human expectations, often with negative consequences for female animals. An online survey was conducted explore riders' perceptions horse temperament suitability ridden work, based on sex. The questionnaire asked respondents allocate three hypothetical horses (a mare, gelding stallion) four riders compromising a woman, man, girl boy. Riders were described as equally...
I argue that one of the reasons why federal government did not listen is to these stories necessitates coming an appreciation how much concept ‘whiteness’ was/ linked genocidal effects and paternalistic rhetoric policies regarding Aboriginal people. As will go on argue, in its refusal apologise casting ‘mistakes’ into a dissociable past, seeks maintain particular view whiteness makes it possible continue with untroubled investment it. would like revisit archives other texts order examine...
Gender stereotypes shape human social interaction, often to the detriment of women and those who do not comply with normative expectations gender. So far, little research has assessed extent which people apply gender animals, implications this may have for in-dividuals groups, particularly female animals. The current study investigated survey respondents' preference horses perform in different sport leisure practices, based solely on ideas about sex animal. An anonymous online explored...
The ‘pussy panic’ of our title is a phrase that belongs to Susan Fraiman. It diagnosis, lament, and warning about how Animal Studies (AS) currently torn between rising academic respectability bestowed through the ‘installation Derrida as founding father’, neglect this entails for AS’s deep roots in feminist scholarship going back decades, across number disciplines. Finding ‘proximity feminized realm’ ‘siding with animals’ can bring male scholars, Fraiman draws parallel mainstreaming...
Abstract This is a response to an article published inSociety & Animals in 2008 that argued for the existence of “species identity disorder” some furries. Species disorder modeled on gender disorder, itself highly controversial diagnosis has been criticized pathologizing homosexuality and transgendered people. examines claims (and design study itself) suggests typology it constructs based unexamined assumptions about what constitutes “human” regulatory fictions identity.
In early July 2016, two male dingoes were brought by ferry to a small island called Pelorus in the Great Barrier Reef, off coast of north Queensland, Australia, as part an experimental ‘feral’ goat eradication project. What was remarkable about this project that released on had been implanted with slow-release capsule containing sodium fluoroacetate, commonly known ‘1080’. These so-called ‘Tik Toks’, produced firm Scientec, designed release their poison into bodies approximately 600 days,...
This article focuses on the Australian campaign to ban live exports of cattle Indonesia in wake media exposure cruel slaughterhouse practices there. It examines reactions this footage and how pride use stunning technology (where are stunned prior bleeding) circulates as a point national pride. What frames ‘our’ is also discourse racialized shaming Indonesian practices. The connections between stunning, insensibility denial help explain why took shape that they did.
Examining a selection of letters between Protectors and white men applying to marry Aboriginal women (Queensland 1900–1910), we can see that the so-called ‘uplift’ people is premised at this time on whose characters, actions respectability were under scrutiny. The essay highlights how some fathers children (and those women) engaged with ideas whiteness by situating themselves as having power willingness people. Letters from (most them requesting permission their partners) both complicate...
Films produced and featured in post-colonial Australia highlight the threat from Aboriginal mobility to whites, particular state which was represented by a white police force that takes excessive interest people their movements. These films engaged critique of whiteness drawing attention privileges fears mobility.
Abstract Developing an academic career can be exciting, rewarding and stimulating. It also challenging, disheartening, highly insecure. Results from a survey of Animal Studies (AS) scholars identifies reasons why pursuing in AS might generate additional challenges, over above those experienced by academics generally. For example, 44 percent respondents stated that their view, undertaking research “creates challenges for career.” This is compared to just 16 who thought it advantage. Yet...