Knowing Animals

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.   

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! 

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/. 

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by a very special guest, Dr. Hayley Singer from the University of Melbourne. Hayley has a PhD in creative writing and is interested in ecological and feminist theories of flesh, fiction, avant-garde writing practices and philosophy. Today we will consider Hayley’s piece ‘Writing the Fleischgeist’ which appears in the Animal Studies Journal in 2016. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by our good friends at AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Are you following them on Facebook? You should be. Find them here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. 

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by a very special guest, Dr. Susan Pyke from the University of Melbourne. Sue has a PhD from the School of Culture and Communications. Her interests are centred around literature and the nonhuman. Today we will consider Sue’s piece ‘Divine Wings: Literary Flights between the Cyclic Avian in Emily Brontë’s Poems and Oblivia’s Swan Song in Alexis Wright’s The Swan Book’ which appeared in the journal ‘Otherness’ in 2016. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you AASA. AASA is the membership group for Animal Studies Scholars and artists. It is just $50 to join. Join today and support the group that supports you.

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to David Simon. Dave is a US based lawyer, animal advocate and author. He is author of the book Meatonomics and in this episode of Knowing Animals he explains the economics of animal subsidies in the US and Australia.  This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. They conference is coming up in Adelaide very soon. Learn more via the AASA Facebook page. 

In this special episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Prof. Barbara Creed. Until recently, Barb was Professor of Film Studies at the University of Melbourne. Barb is well know as the author of the classic film studies text ‘The Monstrous-Feminie’. More recently Barb has turned her attention to Animal Studies and in this episode we discuss her brand new book ‘Stray: Human-Animal Ethics in the Anthropocene’. Stray is published by Power Polemics.    Don't forget that you can follow Dr. Siobhan O'Sullivan on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Siobhan-OSullivan-1437453473192433/ or on Twitter @so_s. You can also following Knowing Animals on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Siobhan.OSullivan.UNSW/ or on Twitter @knowing_animals. Don't forget to take a minute to review us on iTunes. iTunes reviews and subscriptions help us appear higher on the feed, making it easier for people to find us. Leave your review here: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/knowing-animals/id997543452?mt=2.    This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. They do fantastic work and their conference is coming up in July. Learn more about AASA, and their conference, here: http://animalstudies.org.au/conferences. 

In this episode we speak to photographer Jo-Anne McArthur. Jo was featured in 'The Ghosts in our Machines' documentary: http://www.theghostsinourmachine.com. Jo has documented the lives of animals all around the world. Those images are available via the 'We Animals' website and book: http://weanimals.org.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. 

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Guy Scotton. We consider his book chapter ‘Interspecies Atrocities and Politics of Memory’ which appears in the soon to be available book ‘Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues: towards an Undivided Future’. That book is edited by Andrew Woodhall and Gabriel Garmendia da Trindade.   This episode is brought to you the Australasian Animal Studies Association - AASA. Have you registered yet for the 2017 AASA conference. More information here: http://animalstudies.org.au/conferences. 

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Dr. Mary Zournazi. Mary is Senior Lecturer in sociology at UNSW. We discuss Mary's documentary 'Dogs of Democracy'. You can purchase your copy of Dogs of Democracy here: http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/13955/dogs-of-democracy.html.    This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. It is the membership organisation for Animal Studies scholars. Are you registered for the ASSA conference? I hope to see you in Adelaide July 3 - 5: http://animalstudies.org.au/conferences.