Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics
Welcome to our blog! Here members of the Exeter Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics (EASE) working group at the University of Exeter, UK, share updates on their own research and explore other issues of relevance to both teaching and research concerned with addressing the ethical implications of co-existence between members of different species.
Photograph taken by EASE Research Fellow Dr Kate Marx
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Critical Pet Studies Through a Symbiotic Ethics Lens: A Provocation
Image credit: Kerry Herbert Kerry Herbert and Emily Stone In “Critical Pet Studies?” Nast (2006) calls attention to how, since the 1990s, many persons living in post-industrial contexts have been financially and emotionally investing in ‘pets’ (especially dogs), profoundly affecting what is considered to be a socially appropriate object of…
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Creating space and time for an affective anthrozoology – developing The Affective Café
How might we resolve what we find difficult, complex or uncomfortable during our research as anthrozoologists?
This is a question that members of the Exeter Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics (EASE) working group at the University of Exeter have been pondering since before the group was established, and the emotional impact of foregrounding the ethical…
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Tracking down the trackers
I am part-way through collecting data for a project looking at ethics and welfare in wildlife marking and monitoring (leg rings, satellite trackers etc.). The use of ‘tagging’ in wildlife research is increasingly common and is seen by many to be essential for studying at risk species, particularly those which…
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Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP): A Student Conference Organised by EASE PGRs and Alumni
Hosted by the University of Exeter’s Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics (EASE) working group, the second Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP) student conference is scheduled to take place virtually 11-12 November 2022. We welcomed submissions from students from a range of educational experiences and early-career researchers in anthrozoology and related fields (such…
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An afternoon with Barbara J. King: Cultivating compassionate living with multispecies kin
From the outset of my studies at the University of Exeter I had keenly anticipated my Anthrozoology Residential 2022 attendance. The weekend had finally arrived, although the theme of ‘living and dying with other animals’, had unfortunately turned out to be personally poignant. My beloved rat, Otto, had recently been…
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De Nuevo Estoy de Vuelta
My reconnaissance trip to Argentina is drawing to a close, and there is much on which to reflect… The curiosity that shaped my research question, “How do horses and humans communicate in the Himalayas and Argentina”, was born while I lived in Argentina and before I had any idea of…
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