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https://www.britishanimalstudiesnetwork.org.uk/FutureMeetings/AnimalBorderlands.aspx

The meeting is organised under the auspices of the Animal Research Nexus (AnNex) on behalf of the British Animal Studies Network, with thanks to Keble College, Oxford.
It comprises of three sessions which will be held online on three separate days:


Friday 18 September 2020 3-5PM BST
Session 1: Living in the Borderlands Chair: Beth Greenhough

• 3.00-3.05 – Chair’s introduction

• 3.05-3.25 – Alistair Anderson (University of Nottingham) ‘Navigating the Borderlands of Human and Companion Animal Healthcare in the Context of Antibiotic Stewardship’

• 3.25-3.45 – Seth Gustafson (University College London) – ‘Fishers and eels: oral history, disappearing livelihoods, and endangered species in an age of extinction’

• 3.45-4.05 – Erica von Essen (University of Oslo) – ‘Pig Non Grata: Understanding Biopower, Necropolitics and Securitization of Nature through the ‘War on Boars’

• 4.05-4.20 – Break

• 4.20-4.40 – Katherine Kanne (Northwestern University) – ‘Riding is a borderland’

• 4.40-5.00 –Jaxon Waterhouse and Chantelle Mitchell (writers and artists based in Australia) – ‘Present Absence or Absent Presence: the allegory of the Night Parrot’

• 5.00 – End

Friday 25 September 2020 3-5PM BST
Session 2: Narrating, negotiating and performing border crossings Chair: Reuben Message

• 3.00-3.05 – Chair’s introduction

• 3.05-3.50 – Plenary 1: Raf de Bont (University of Maastricht) – ‘Moving/Being Moved: Wildlife, Humans & Globalization’

• 3.50-4.00 – Break

• 4.00-4.20 – Anna Guasco (University of Cambridge) – ‘Terraqueous Border-‘lands’: Grey Whale Migration Along the North American Pacific Coast’

• 4.20-4.40 – Thomas Spencer (University of Birmingham) – ‘White Feathers on the Golden River: gyrfalcon trade and hunting diplomacies in Manchurian borderlands at the turn of the twelfth century’

• 4.40-5.00 – Bronwen Buckeridge (Falmouth University) – ‘Widowhood: interruptive wildness and unruly domesticity in pigeon racing system’

• 5.00 – End

Friday 2 October 2020 3-5PM BST
Session 3: The human-animal interface Chair: Alexandra Palmer

• 3.00-3.05 – Chair’s introduction

• 3.05-3.50 – Plenary 2: Marcus Coates (Visual artist) – ‘Exploring the human/animal border through art’

• 3.50-4.00 – Break

• 4.00-4.20 – Ben Farrar (University of Cambridge) – ‘Statistical smokescreens and storytelling: What can scientists tell us about the mental lives of animals?’

• 4.20-4.40 – Karen Jones (University of Kent) – ‘Science Communication and the Call of the Wild: Wolf Howls and the Sonic Boundaries of Conservation in Algonquin Provincial Park’

• 4.40-5.00 – Anindya Sinha (National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore) – ‘Reaching Out: Interspecies Communication in a Synurbising Forest of Southern India’

• 5.00 – End

PLEASE NOTE - The three sessions are separate events on different days. Please select a separate ticket for each of the sessions you would like to attend when prompted on the meeting Eventbrite page Booking closes on 16 September 2020.

Papers will be pre-recorded and shared with participants in advance of the sessions. The online sessions will involve speakers giving a brief introduction to their paper followed by general discussion structured around participant questions submitted in advance. Participants will also be able tweet questions during the sessions using the hashtag #BASNBorderlands, or ask questions via the Chat function on Teams.

This event is free, however we suggest that you make a donation to your local animal charity in lieu of a registration fee.