The Animal Turn podcast is focused on animals and the way we know them. Every season is set around a theme with each episode unpacking a concept related to that theme. Host, @ClaudiaFTowne, talks to scholars from fields as wide ranging as geography, philosophy, ethology, and law.

Singapore’s Asian water monitor is one of the island’s largest terrestrial predators & and a surprisingly familiar neighbour in Singapore's parks, wetlands, & housing estates. Rebecca Shen's latest Animal Highlight for her @cultureanimals project: theanimalturnpodcast.com/pos…

Michael Glover (@animalhistorian) talks about what it takes to write animal history that treats cows as sentient subjects while still meeting the standards of rigorous scholarship. He unpacks how fieldwork with cows in the Karoo affected his writing. theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-…

Here are some of the exciting books looking at urban animal histories. What other suggestions do you have? See our growing list of books looking at animals and history here: theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-…

Sean Kheraj and Jennifer Bonnell come onto the show to discuss their edited book Traces of The Animal Past. They delve into how environmental and animal histories differ as well as some of the key methods scholars interested in them can use. theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-…

In the latest blog entry on The Animal Turn, Herre de Bondt brings Rosa Dyer's recent animal highlights on museum objects into conversation with Crab Museum and he asks how museums can (or should) straddle the tensions between collection and activism. theanimalturnpodcast.com/pos…

Looking for two PhD or early career scholars who would like to be in the 10th episode of Season 9 "Animals and History" - You'll discuss key overlaps and tensions that have emerged over the course of the season. Interested? Send a quick email to [email protected]

Jules Skotnes-Brown discusses how segregating logics were used to govern humans and animals in South Africa’s history. #history #southafrica #elephants #criticalanimalstudies #animalstudies Listen to the full episode here: theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-…

Harriet Ritvo discusses animals and taxonomy, unfurling how animals are categorised scientifically and in everyday vernacular. She unfurls what this might mean for how we know animals and the ways in which we understand and write their histories. theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-…

In the latest blog entry, Carlo Salzani reflects on the Animal Highlights done by Rosa Dyer focused on "museum objects." He discusses some of his unease with museums as spaces and several of the difficult themes that emerged in the season. Read more: theanimalturnpodcast.com/pos…

Erica Hill and Susan Nance unpack what is meant by modernity and touch on everything from industrialization to concealment and consumption. theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-… #history #historicalanimals #animalsandhistory #theanimalturn #historicalanimalstudies #jumbo #lassie

Season 9 of The Animal Turn podcast is on "Animals and History." We kick off the season with Sandra Swart (@WildPasts_) discussing "Animals' Cultural Histories." Listen here: theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-…

Kathryn Gillespie uses "haunting" in her recent book "The Sound of Feathers," and Claudia discusses it with her on the most recent episode. Have you encountered the concept "haunting" in your work? How have you seen it used?

Claudia talks with Kathryn Gillespie about “haunting” as a way to notice how harm and care shape everyday human–animal relationships. They consider the role of attentiveness in relations with animals and ask what becomes visible when we stop treating violence as background noise.

Guests mention a good number of books on the show. Here is a list of some of the books mentioned during Season 8 "Animals and Media." Scroll to the bottom of the Season Page to see more reading suggestions and mentions: theanimalturnpodcast.com/s8

In discussing the interconnections between the meat-commodity and psychoanalysis, Teddy Duncan Jr. used this quote from Noëlie Vialles' "From Animal to Edible" to think through the implications further. @CambridgeUP #animalstudies #psycholanalysis #meat

In this blog post, Erich Linder, an animal ethicist and philosopher, discusses some of psychoanalysis concepts that came up in the most recent episode of The Animal Turn: theanimalturnpodcast.com/pos…

In this episode @ClaudiaFTowne talks to Teddy Duncan Jr. about how psychoanalysis, especially Lacanian psychoanalysis, might be useful in understanding human relations with meat. theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com… #meat #meatcommodity #theanimalturn #Lacan #psychoanalysis #philosophy

The co-editors behind Creature Needs share quotes that capture their views on the interconnections between conservation, the anxiety to do something, and art. What are your thoughts? Full episode here: theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com… #TheAnimalTurn #Art #ScienceAndArt #AnimalStudies