Knowing Animals

Josh Milburn
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Nov 20, 2017 • 29min

Episode 53: the 3Rs with Charlotte Blattner

This episode of Knowing Animals comes from Switzerland. I speak to Dr. Charlotte Blattner, currently at Queens University, Canada, about her book chapter 'Rethinking the 3Rs: From Whitewashing to Rights, which appears in the 2018 book 'Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change', published by Brill. This episode is supported by the Australasian Animal Studies Association - https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. The new Animal Studies book 'After Coetzee: An Anthology of Animal Fictions' - https://www.facebook.com/aftercoetzee/. And Kibbl, the phone app that helps you adopt animals from pounds - https://www.facebook.com/kibblapp/.
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Nov 6, 2017 • 43min

Episode 52: Hunting the Thylacine with Carol Freeman

Dr. Carol Freeman is from the University of Tasmania. Today we talk about her book chapter 'The Last Image: Julia Leigh's The Hunter as Film' which appeared in the book 'Animal Death' which was edited by Jay Johnston and Fiona Probyn-Rapsey and published by Sydney University Press in 2013. Carol's other book 'Paper Tigers' is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Tiger-Pictures-Shaped-Thylacine/dp/0992279178. Don't forget to check out our program sponsors: Kibbl, linking you up with your dream pound dog - http://kibbl.io AASA, the group of Animal Studies scholars - http://animalstudies.org.au. The new book 'After Coetzee: An Anthology of Animal Fictions' - http://www.faunarypress.com.
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Oct 23, 2017 • 19min

Episode 51: Horses, slavery and history with Charlotte Carrington-Farmer

This of Knowing Animals features Dr Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Roger Williams University in the US. We discuss her book chapter 'Trading Horses in the Eighteenth Century: Rhode Island and the Atlantic World' which will appear in the book Equine Cultures: Horses, Human Society, and the Discourse of Modernity, 1700-Present, which was co-edited by Kristen Guest and Monica Mattfeld and which will be published by University of Chicago Press in 2017. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the wonderful people at the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA). AASA relies on membership to keep you informed about Animal Studies issues, so join today! Membership is super-cheap and you can join us here: http://animalstudies.org.au/membership.
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Oct 9, 2017 • 27min

Episode 50: Dolphin Agency with C. Scott Taylor

This episode of Knowing Animals features C. Scott Taylor. from the University of Sunshine Coast. We discuss his paper "The Agency of Dolphins: Towards Inter-species Embassies as Sites of Engagement with 'Significant Otherness'" It appeared in Geographical Research in 2013. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the membership organisation for Animal Studies scholars. Are you following AASA on Facebook? Like their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/.
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Sep 25, 2017 • 18min

Episode 49: Jack the Ripper the Slaughterman With Andrew Knight

This episode of Knowing Animals features Dr. Andrew Knight, Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, & Director, Centre for Animal Welfare, University of Winchester. We discuss Andrew's latest publication 'Was Jack the Ripper a Slaughterman? Human-Animal Violence and the World's Most Infamous Serial Killer' which appeared in journal 'Animals' in 2017. The article was co-authored by Katherine D. Watson. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the membership body for Animal Studies scholars in Australia and around the world. Join AASA today for just $50: http://animalstudies.org.au/membership.
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Sep 11, 2017 • 23min

Episode 48: Sheep with Philip Armstrong

This episode of Knowing Animals features Associate Professor Philip Armstrong. Philip is based on the Department of English, at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Philip is also a co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies. In this episode we discuss Philips latest book 'Sheep'. It is part of the 'Animal' series edited by Jonathan Bart. It was published by Reaktion Books in 2016. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA). Join AAS today. Find out more at their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/.
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Aug 28, 2017 • 16min

Episode 47: Animals, Insurance and Domestic Violence with Tania Signal

This episode of Knowing Animals features Associate Professor Tania Signal from the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University. We discuss her paper 'Double Jeopardy: Insurance, animal harm & domestic violence' which appeared in the journal Violence Against Women in 2017. That paper was co-authored by Nik Taylor, Karena Burke and Luke Branlow. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. To learn more about AASA go to their website: http://animalstudies.org.au.
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Aug 14, 2017 • 18min

Episode 46: Buying free range eggs with Rachel Ankeny

This episode of Knowing Animals features Prof. Rachel Ankeny from the Department of History at the University of Adelaide. It is focused on her journal article co-authored with Heather Bray. The article is titled 'Happy Chickens Lay Tastier Eggs: Motivations for Buying Free-range Eggs in Australia'. It was published in the journal Anthrozoos in May 2017. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the wonderful Australasian Animal Studies Association. Find them online here: http://animalstudies.org.au.
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Jul 31, 2017 • 16min

Episode 45: Researching animals for the animals with Nik Taylor

This episode of Knowing Animals features Associate Professor Nik Taylor. Nik is from the School of Social and Policy Studies at Flinders University. Nik is a prolific Animal Studies scholar. In this episode we discuss Nik's new book 'Ethnography after Humanism' which she has co-authored with Lindsay Hamilton and which is published by Palgrave Macmillan. This episode of knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Animal Studies association for scholars, artists and animal advocates in Australia and around the world. Membership is just $50. Join today!
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Jul 17, 2017 • 24min

Episode 44: Domestic Dogs with James Serpell

This episode of Knowing Animals features Prof. James Serpell. James is Marie A. Moore Professor of Ethics & Animal Welfare, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He is also Director, Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society. We discuss his recently updated and re-issued book 'The Domestic Dog'. It is an edited collection, published by Cambridge University Press. This episode is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Find them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/.

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