On this episode we are joined by Dr Kendra Coulter. She is an Associate Professor, and the Department Chair, in the department of Labour Studies at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. We discuss her chapter “Toward Humane Jobs and Work-Lives for Animals”, which was published in Oxford University Press’s 2020 …continue
This episode we are joined by Hazuki Kajiwara. Hazuki has a PhD in sociology and is a lecturer and researcher at Rikkyo University in Japan. We discuss Hazuki’s new book ‘Surviving with Companion Animals in Japan: life after a tsunami and nuclear disaster’. The book is published by Palgrave and …continue
This week we are joined by Dr. Krithika Srinivasan. Krithika is Senior Lecturer in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. We discuss Krithika’s article ‘Remaking more‐than‐human society: Thought experiments on street dogs as “nature”’ which appeared in the journal ‘Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers’ in …continue
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Clare Palmer. Clare is professor of philosophy at Texas A & M. We discuss Clare’s upcoming book chapter ‘Should we provide the bear necessities? Climate change, polar bears and the ethics of supplemental feeding’, which will appear in the book Animals …continue
On this episode of Knowing Animals we chat to Laura Jean McKay. Laura is a lecturer in the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University in New Zealand. We discuss Laura’s new novel ‘The Animals in that Country’, which was published by Scribe in 2020. This episode of …continue
On this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Peter Sankoff. Peter is a member of the Law Faculty at the University of Alberta in Canada. He is also Associate Dean. We discuss Peter’s paper ‘Canada’s Experiment with Industry Self-Regulation in Agriculture: Radical Innovation or Means of Insulation?’, which …continue
In this episode of Knowing Animal we are joined by Connor K. Kianpour. Connor is a political philosophy student at Georgia State University. We discuss Connor’s article ‘Cetacean Property: A Hegelish Account of Nonhuman Property’ which will soon appear in the journal ‘Politics and Animals’. This episode of Knowing …continue
This episode is from our Protecting Animals series. I am joined by Roger Yates. Roger has worked with the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and founded the Fur Action Group. Roger also has a PhD on the topic of animal rights and currently …continue
