In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Prof. Peta Tait from La Trobe University. We discuss her new book ‘Fighting Nature: travelling Menageries, animal acts and war shows’ published by Sydney University Press.
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Knowing Animals is a fortnightly podcast hosted by Dr Josh Milburn who discusses all things related to animals and ethics; animals and the law; animals and politics; and animal advocacy. The show features interviews with Animal Studies scholars and animal advocates.
This episode of Knowing Animals is from our Protecting Animals series. We speak to Elizabeth Usher, songwriter and hip hop artist who performs ‘mindful rhymes for kinder times’. We discuss using music to create social change. MC Pony will be …continue
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Dr Dustin Crummet is an Affiliate Instructor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma and the Executive Director of the Insect Institute, a non-profit organization that critically explores insects in the food system. …continue
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Today’s guest is Dr Doris Schneeberger of the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Doris’s academic background is in animal ethics and animal organizational studies. We’re discuss her 2024 Palgrave Macmillan book Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals: Towards …continue
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