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The Animal Turn

Claudia Hirtenfelder

Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – Not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. Each season is set around themes with each episode unpacking a particular animal turn concept and its significance therein. Join Claudia Hirtenfelder as she delves into some of the most important ideas emerging out of this recent turn in scholarship,

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84:25

S4E8: Sonic Specimen with Rachel Mundy

The Animal Turn ·

2022/03/23

In this episode Claudia chats to Rachel Mundy about the concept “Sonic Specimen” they talk about the historical categorisation of sound illustrates some of the ways in which humans and animals have been hierarchically thought of. They touch on how this has shaped and is shaped by the institutional production of knowledge also hinting at the usefulness of related concepts like “animanities” and “translation”. Date Recorded: 10 March 2022 Rachel Mundy is an Associate Professor of Music in the Arts,

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S4E7: Republic of Noise with Jeremy Gordon

The Animal Turn ·

2022/03/07

Claudia talks to Jeremy Gordon about the concept “Republic of Noise”. They discuss the relationship between noise and politics and think through how noise might be used as a tool that enables listening and democracy. They “riff” with each other trying to think through the tensions between noise and harmony as well as whose sounds are considered pleasant or not and how that shapes how one belongs to place. Date Recorded: 9 February 2022 Jeremy Gordon is an Assistant Professor of Communication

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S4E5: Voice with Eva Meijer

The Animal Turn ·

2022/02/21

Claudia talks to Eva Meijer about voice as a concept that helps us to think about animal sounds and practices in a more politicised way. Eva touches on how a broader conception of politics and voice allows for a more nuanced actions in response to animals and the lives they are trying to lead. They also touch on the usefulness of a variety of languages, mediums, and disciplines in becoming proficient in listening to animals. Date Recorded: 25 January 2022Eva Meijer is a philosopher and writer

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S4E5: Animal Music with Martin Ullrich

The Animal Turn ·

2022/01/31

In this episode Claudia talks to musicologist Martin Ullrich about animals and music. Together they touch on the multiple ways in which music and animals intersect from how animals inspire human music, to how animals make and listen to music, and the ethics of more-than-human musical encounters. They find that the focus on animals and music destabilizes anthropocentric understandings of both culture and aesthetics. Date Recorded: 15 December 2021 Martin Ullrich studied piano in Frankfurt and Berlin

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S4E4: Sound Archives with Cheryl Tipp

The Animal Turn ·

2022/01/17

In this episode Claudia talks to Cheryl Tipp about sound archives, how they are managed and the ways in which animal studies scholars might use them in trying to research animals. Together they think about why some sounds are included in national archives more than others as well as how recordings of nature and animal voices are valued. Date Recorded: 1 December 2021 Cheryl Tipp is the British Library’s Curator of Wildlife & Environmental Sounds. With a background in zoology and library

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S4E3: Bioacoustics with Mickey Vallee

The Animal Turn ·

2021/11/29

In this episode Claudia continues the focus on methodology as it relates to animals and sound. This time Mickey Vallee joins The Animal Turn to talk about the concept of bioacoustics and how using bioacoustics methods alters the ways researchers relate to their research subjects – who are often animals. They discuss some of the theory and ideas circulating bioacoustics generally and Mickey’s experiences more specifically. Date Recorded: 26 October 2021 Mickey Vallee is an associate professor of

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S4E2: Sonic Methods with Jonathan Prior

The Animal Turn ·

2021/11/11

In this episode Claudia talks to Jonathan Prior about sonic methods and together they try to explore the ways in which methods such as recording, sound walking, and listening could help animal studies scholars better understand and appreciate the animals and worlds they are most concerned with. Date Recorded: 12 October 2021 Dr Jonathan Prior is a lecturer in Human Geography at Cardiff University, Wales. His research and publications take an interdisciplinary approach, spanning environmental

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S4E1: Soundscapes and Soundscape Ecology with Bryan...

The Animal Turn ·

2021/11/01

In this first episode of season 4, Claudia speaks to Bryan Pijanowski about soundscapes and sound ecology. They discuss what soundscapes are, how to study them and why thinking about sound might help scholars to think more deeply about animals and their environments. Date Recorded: 7 October 2021 Dr. Bryan C Pijanowski is Professor and University Faculty Scholar in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University. His work focusses on the use of sounds to study nature and how

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The Animal Turn (S4 Trailer)

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2021/10/26

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S3E10: Grad Review with Anmol Chowdhury and...

The Animal Turn ·

2021/09/15

Claudia reviews Season 3 with Shubhangi Srivastava and Anmol Chowdhury, currently PhD Candidates in the ERC funded project titled Urban Ecologies. Together they talk about some of the gaps in the season, primarily discussions about methods, and they delve into some of the overlapping themes in the season including management, entanglement, power, and aesthetics. Date recorded: 25 August 2021 Shubhangi Srivastava is currently a doctoral research scholar with the ERC Grant project, Urban Ecologies,

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S3E9: Re-Design with Michelle Westerlaken

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2021/08/11

Claudia speaks to Michelle Westerlaken about the concept of Re-Design and how design can be used to generate multispecies worlds and opportunities. They discuss Michelle’s background in design with and for animals, how she finds theory incredibly important for design processes, and the ways in which trying to create positive urban design might generate new multispecies opportunities. Date recorded: 26 April 2021 Michelle Westerlaken is a Research Associate on the Smart Forests project in the

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S3E8: Urban Animal History with Philip Howell

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2021/07/22

In this episode Claudia speaks to Philip Howell about urban animal history. Together they discuss the significance of geography in prying apart the many histories of animals, how attention to animal stories gives one a better appreciation for ‘the urban’ and challenges humanist ideas of history. They also touch on the stimulating experience of searching for, finding, and trying to understand animals in the archives. Date recorded: 20 April 2021 Philip Howell is a lecturer in the Department of

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S3E7: Multispecies Commons with Marcus Baynes-Rock

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2021/07/06

Claudia talks to Marcus Baynes-Rock about his work with urban hyenas in Harar, Ethiopia. They discuss how these animals navigate the urban and then delve into the concept of ‘multispecies commons’. In many ways, they workshop the concept in the episode trying to unpack how it is useful as both a theoretical and methodological tool. Date recorded: 5 April 2021 Marcus Baynes-Rock is an anthropologist who studies the interfaces between humans and animals. His book Among the Bone Eaters tracks his

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S3E6: Informality with Yamini Narayanan

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2021/06/23

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S3E5: Urban Metabolism with Catherine Oliver

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2021/06/03

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S3E4: Urban Biopolitics with Krithika Srinivasan

The Animal Turn ·

2021/05/18

Claudia talks to Krithika Srinivasan about the concept of biopolitics and how it could be used to understand multi-species urban relations. They touch on the tensions between harm and welfare as well as how different socio-biological tactics are enforced in the name of urban development. Date recorded: 31 March 2021 Krithika Srinivasan’s research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of political ecology, post-development politics, animal studies, and nature geographies. Her work draws on

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S3E3: Invisiblized Animals with Paula Arcari

The Animal Turn ·

2021/05/04

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S3E2: Pervasive Captivity with Nicolas Delon

The Animal Turn ·

2021/04/19

In this episode Claudia talks to Nicholas Delon about ‘pervasive captivity’. Moving beyond a conception of captivity as only including those ‘behind bars’, they explore the many ways in which ‘the urban’ might operate to make animals captive by limiting their mobility and autonomy. Date recorded: 15 March 2021 Nicolas Delon is Assistant Professor or philosophy and environmental studies at New College of Florida. He specializes in animal ethics, with particular interests in moral status and animal

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S3E1: Right to the City with Marie Carmen Shingne

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2021/04/05

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The Animal Turn

The Animal Turn ·

2021/03/27

Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. PhD Candidate Claudia Hirtenfelder talks to animal studies scholars about some of the most important ideas emerging out of this recent turn.Each season is set around a particular theme so that the ways in which these different concepts hang together (or

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