Knowing Animals

This episode of Knowing Animals features Lynn Mowson. Lynn has a PhD in fine arts. Lynn helps manage the University of Melbourne's Human Rights and Animal Ethics Research Network (HRAE). She also runs their monthly 'Knowing Animals' reading group and is Vice Chair of AASA. We discuss Lynn's new book chapter. The chapter is titled 'Making and Unmaking Mammalian Bodies: Sculptural Practices as Traum...

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Jeanette Young. Jeanette is a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia. We discuss her book J. Young and N. Carr (eds) (2018)  Domestic Animals, Humans and Leisure – Rights, Welfare and Wellbeing , Routledge.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Claire Parkinson. Claire is professor of Film, Television and Digital Media and co-Director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies at Edge Hill University. We discuss Claire's book chapter 'Dangerous Dogs and the Construction of Risk' which appeared in the 2011 book 'Human-Animal Studies : Theorizing Animals: Re-Thinking Humanimal Relations', Which...

In this special episode of Knowing Animals we remember Karen Dalke. Karen sadly passed this week. Karen was a passionate animal lover and Animal Studies scholar. In particular Karen had a great passion for horses.    Please enjoy this episode and help us celebrate the work of Karen Dalke. 

This episode is from out Protecting Animals series. We speak to Mick McIntyre. Mick is the co-directors of the feature film 'Kangaroo, a love-hate story'. More information about 'Kangaroo' is available here:  http://kangaroothemovie.com .   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www...

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Elisa Aaltola from the University of East Finland. We discuss her latest book 'Varieties of Empathy: Moral Psychology and Animal Ethics' which is published by Rowman & Littlefield.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.c...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Andrew Gardiner. Andrew is Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. We discuss his article 'The 'Dangerous' Women of Animal Welfare: How British Veterinary Medicine Went to the Dogs' which appeared in the journal 'Social History of  Medicine' in 2014.    This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA i...

This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Koh Samui, Thailand where I am attending the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival. I am lucky to be joined by Linda, one of the wonderful Samui Dog and Cat Foundation volunteers. To learn more about Samui Dog and Rescue, and to make a much needed donation, go to:  http://www.samuidog.org/LatestNews_en.html   This episode of Knowing Animals is b...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Simon Lumsden. Simon is Senior Lecturer in philosophy at UNSW. We discuss his journal article 'Veganism, Normative Change, and Second Nature'. It was published in the journal Environmental Philosophy in 2017.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebo...

This episode of Knowing Animals features Monique Janssens. Monique is a PhD candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam. We discuss her 2016 journal article 'The Ethical Responsibility of Companies Toward Animals: A Study of the Expressed Commitment of the Fortune Global 200' which appeared in the Journal of Corporate Citizenship .   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is...

This episode of Knowing Animals features Mylan Engel Jr. Mylan is a professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University. We discuss his paper 'The Commonsense Case for Ethical Vegetarianism' which appeared as an open access article in journal 'Between the Species' in 2016.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can...

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Karen Dalke. Karen is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. We discuss Karen's piece that she co-authored with Megan Hunt. It is called 'Mustangs and Domestic Horses: Examining What We Think We Know About Differences' and it appeared in Volume 8, Number 2, Spring 2017 edition of Hamanimalia.   This episode of Knowing Ani...

In this episode of Knowing Animals we talk to Carrie P. Freeman. Carrie is Associate Professor of Communication at Georgia State University in Atlanta. We discuss Carrie's book 'Framing Farming: Communication Strategies for Animal Rights' which is part of the Critical Animal Studies series and which was published by Brill in 2014.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA i...

In this episode I am lucky to be joined by J. Baird Callicott. Baird is University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas. We discuss Baird's book chapter "The Environmental Omnivore's Dilemma," which appeared in a book edited by Ben Bramble and Bob Fischer, titled  The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat  and published by Oxford University Press in 2015.   This episode of...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Ralph R. Acampora. Ralph is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hofstra University. We discuss Ralph's book 'Corporal Compassion: Animal Ethics and Philosophy of Body' which was published in 2006 by Pittsburgh Press.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA...

This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. I am joined by Kim Stallwood. Kim is a long standing animal advocate, having working for many of the world's leading animal protection agencies in both the UK and the USA. We talk to Kim about his reflections on that work. They are outlined in his book 'Growl: Life, Lessons, Hard Truths and Bold Strategies from an Animal Advoca...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Mary Trachsel. Mary is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa. We discuss Mary's recent book chapter titled 'The Presence of "Pork" and the Absence of Pigs: Changing Stories of Pigs and People in Iowa'. The chapter appears in a book edited by David Nibert, titled Animal Oppression and Capitalism which was published by Praeger Press in 201...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am thrilled to be joined by Professor Will Kymlicka from Queens University, Canada. We discuss the book he wrote with Sue Donaldson, 'Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights'. It was published by Oxford University Press in 2011.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find A...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I speak to Marcel Sebastian. Marcel is sociologist PhD candidate at the University of Hamburg. We discuss his book chapter 'Deadly Efficiency: The Impact of Capitalist Production on the "Meat" Industry, Slaughterhouse Workers, and Nonhuman Animals' which appeared in the book 'Animal Oppression and Capitalism' which was edited by David Nibert and published by Prae...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Jeff Sebo. We discuss his book chapter 'Animals and Climate Change' which will appear in the book 'Philosophy and Climate Change' and it will be edited by Mark Budolfson, Tristram McPherson, and David Plunkett and published by Oxford University Press.    This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Stud...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Professor Brett Mizelle. We discuss his book chapter 'Unthinkable Visibility: Pigs, Pork, and the Spectacle of Killing and Meat' which appeared in the book ' Rendering Nature: Animals, Bodies, Places, Politics' which was edited by Marguerite S. Shaffer and Phoebe S.K. Young and published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2015.   This episode o...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I speak to artist, advocate and independent scholar Carol Gigliotti. Today we will focus on Carol's book chapter 'The Struggle for Compassion and Justice through Critical Animal Studies', which was published in 2015 as part of the Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studie...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Sune Borkfelt who is a PhD Fellow at School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Denmark. Today we will discuss Sune's forthcoming book chapter 'Sensing Slaughter: Exploring the Sounds and Smells of Nonhuman Literary Encounters', which will appear in a book edited by Jessica Ullrich and Alexandra Böhm, and which will be part of Rombach'...

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Oscar Horta about his journal article 'The Problem of Evil in Nature: Evolutionary Basis of the prevalence of Disvalue' which appeared in the journal 'Relations' in 2015.    This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-A...

This episode of Knowing Animals features Professor Jody Emel from the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University. We discuss her upcoming journal article 'Evaluation of the Land Grab: Absurdism, Decolonialism, and Postanthropocentrism' which will soon be published in a special issue of the journal 'Resources'.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australas...