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20.03.18 I am convening a panel on human-animal interactions with my two PhD students Eimear Mc Loughlin and Elizabeth van der Meer at the next ASA Conference (University of Oxford, 18th-21st September 2018). The title of the panel is 'Animals' matter: anthropological conceptions of animal bodies as material'. Please consider submitting a paper proposal and/or circulate widely!
09.11.17 Very proud to announce the publication of a piece on Alligators in Florida by one of my PhD students, Elizabeth Vander Meer, in an excellent peer-reviewed journal, Society and Animals. Well done Elizabeth! 10.10.17 New article on human-animal interrelatedness, ethnicity and zootherapy with Ethnography: Dugnoille, J. 2017. 'I heard a dog cry': More-than-human interrelatedness, ethnicity and zootherapy in South Korean civil society discourse about dog meat consumption. Ethnography, 1-20. 18.05.17 Manuscript accepted for publication with Food, Culture and Society! The article will be available online shortly. |
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16.12.16. Happy to announce the publication of a new article on Korean Anthropology!
Dugnoille, J. 2016. Digitalising the Korean cosmos: representing human-nonhuman continuity and filiality through digital photography in contemporary South Korea. Visual Studies, 31(4): 324-334.
In this article, I argue that a focus on the digital photography of human–animal relations in the context of contemporary South Korean society empowers interlocutors with the capability to address and/or express their own views on traditional practices, social change and cultural stereotypes.
07.05.17 Presentation on Animal desires at the 2017 Anthrozoology Residential at St Luke's campus - Animal Desires: Revitalising socio-biological and evolutionary theories on animal sexualities with accounts of nonhuman animals seeking homosexual consortship for pleasure
Dugnoille, J. 2016. Digitalising the Korean cosmos: representing human-nonhuman continuity and filiality through digital photography in contemporary South Korea. Visual Studies, 31(4): 324-334.
In this article, I argue that a focus on the digital photography of human–animal relations in the context of contemporary South Korean society empowers interlocutors with the capability to address and/or express their own views on traditional practices, social change and cultural stereotypes.
07.05.17 Presentation on Animal desires at the 2017 Anthrozoology Residential at St Luke's campus - Animal Desires: Revitalising socio-biological and evolutionary theories on animal sexualities with accounts of nonhuman animals seeking homosexual consortship for pleasure
(c) 2017 Ashleigh Benton
25.02.17. Here is an image produced by Joanna Vestey, research student at the University of Oxford. Joanna recorded a presentation on human-nonhuman kinship which I did at the Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology (VMMA) Seminar at the Pitt Rivers Museum for the Department of Anthropology, University of Oxford on 3rd February 2017. Joanna analysed the audio using a fast fourier transform (fit) which 'separates the audio into individual frequencies'. She then 'assigned colours based on the prevalence of each frequency'.
'dr julien dugnoille' (c) 2017 Joanna Vestey
24.02.17 PhD Anthrozoology students starting in January 2017
Elizabeth Vander Meer - Troubling Boundaries? Tradition, biopower and individual wild animals in French circuses - PhD Anthrozoology
(c) 2017 Vander Meer
Forthcoming publication: Vander Meer, E. (2017). Alligator Song: a challenge to spectacle, product and menace. Society & Animals, Vol TBC.
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Circus tradition that includes a central role for animal performance persists in France and is afforded governmental support and promotion through the Ministry of Culture. However, traditional circuses in Europe that perform with wild animals are being challenged publicly and altered through the enactment of legal bans on use of these animals, reflecting increasing unease with wild animal performance in particular. My PhD project involves multi-sited multispecies ethnographic research of current 21st century traditions of wild animal performance in circuses in France, to investigate circus discourse and the lives of animals caught within entertaining narratives. I will undertake fieldwork within three circuses that perform in and around Paris. I build on existing research that explores boundaries between humans and other animals in circuses to explore how traditions of wild animal performance in French circuses may trouble or blur boundaries between humans and other animals, and how it is possible to make “visible” the lived experiences of individual animals to understand more fully the bodily impact of these traditions. Ideas in biopower and phenomenology provide the theoretical frame for this research which is located at the crossroads of Anthrozoology, Ethnographic Anthropology and Applied Philosophy. The study produced will capture a rare analytical account of an oral and physical tradition, while also giving full consideration to animal experience, of benefit to scholars of performance but also to those considering the welfare of animals in circuses, with great potential to feed into policy discussions and decisions.
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17.12.16. Many congratulations to our 18 students who graduated this Saturday with an MA Anthrozoology: Grace Barry, Marika Bell, Rachael Bice, Kathryn Birrell, Jo Clark, Sarah Cochrane, Yolanda Delgado Rovira, Jennifer Krueger, Helen Gallagher, Vicky Godwin, Helen Hastie, Eimear Mc Loughlin, Sian Moody, Silvia Mutterle, Anne-Hélène Pinna, Niina Silvennoinen, Kerry Sands, Emily Stone, Teresa Tyler. Very well done to you all!
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30.06.16 @Julien Dugnoille
Excited to convene a workshop on human-animal relations #LAD2016 @DiscoverAnthro @britishmuseum for @UofESPA and meet prospective students! with amazing colleague @contacttomrice
Excited to convene a workshop on human-animal relations #LAD2016 @DiscoverAnthro @britishmuseum for @UofESPA and meet prospective students! with amazing colleague @contacttomrice
15.03.16 PhD students Anthropology/Anthrozoology starting in September 2016
Eimear Mc Loughlin - Slaughterhouse culture: An ethnography of animal slaughter in Denmark
Eimear Mc Loughlin - Slaughterhouse culture: An ethnography of animal slaughter in Denmark
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The visibility of animal slaughter in Denmark contrasts starkly with the modes of concealment typical of slaughterhouses in industrialised societies. Members of the public can enter a pig slaughterhouse and participate in a tour of the facility, tracking the animal from the slaughterhouse gate to the dinner plate. Interestingly, Denmark boasts one of the highest meat consumption rates in the world. This transparency of animal slaughter transcends the slaughterhouse to other arenas of animal consumption. My ESRC-funded PhD will involve a 13-month ethnographic fieldwork wherein I will interrogate Danish cultural attitudes towards animals and explore how these are influenced by visibility of animal consumptive practices. In collaboration with Copenhagen Zoo, I will conduct participant observation as well as semi-structured interviews with staff. I will carry out a significant ethnographic study of a Danish slaughterhouse using a variety of sociological and anthropological research methods. In an effort to recreate the immersive experience of the slaughterhouse, I will utilise a background in visual anthropology in collaboration with two art galleries in the exhibition of my research material.
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14.03.16 The 2016 Anthrozoology Residential is upon us!
Between 29th April and 1st May - Three days of first-rate Anthrozoology discussions and presentations @ Exeter with world-leading experts in the study of human-animal relations. No less than Stephen Hinchliffe, Gail Davies, Brian Rappert, Nigel Pleasants, David Inglis, John Dupré and Karen Edwards (as well as myself!) will all be delivering exciting lectures and/or take part in seminar discussions on Anthrozoological topics. Please note that this event is only open to current and past MA, MPhil and PhD students studying Anthrozoology @ University of Exeter.
Between 29th April and 1st May - Three days of first-rate Anthrozoology discussions and presentations @ Exeter with world-leading experts in the study of human-animal relations. No less than Stephen Hinchliffe, Gail Davies, Brian Rappert, Nigel Pleasants, David Inglis, John Dupré and Karen Edwards (as well as myself!) will all be delivering exciting lectures and/or take part in seminar discussions on Anthrozoological topics. Please note that this event is only open to current and past MA, MPhil and PhD students studying Anthrozoology @ University of Exeter.
06.01.16 Zoom in on my fieldwork experience in South Korea
Oxford's ESRC Doctoral Training Centre zooms in on my fieldwork experience in Seoul, South Korea as well as on my good friend and follow-oxford anthropologist, Lewis Daly (@lewischessmen) and his experience in Guyana.
Oxford's ESRC Doctoral Training Centre zooms in on my fieldwork experience in Seoul, South Korea as well as on my good friend and follow-oxford anthropologist, Lewis Daly (@lewischessmen) and his experience in Guyana.
06.01.16 Zoom in on my fieldwork experience in South Korea
Oxford's ESRC Doctoral Training Centre zooms in on my fieldwork experience in Seoul, South Korea as well as on my good friend and follow-oxford anthropologist, Lewis Daly (@lewischessmen) and his experience in Guyana.
Oxford's ESRC Doctoral Training Centre zooms in on my fieldwork experience in Seoul, South Korea as well as on my good friend and follow-oxford anthropologist, Lewis Daly (@lewischessmen) and his experience in Guyana.
12.11.15 Interview of Inge Daniels. Listen to this great interview of my former PhD supervisor at Oxford via SoundCloud here.
23.10.15 Upcoming seminar presentations of 'Eating cats and dogs' paper
I will be presenting my forthcoming paper at the following venues this academic year:
- 03/12/15 @ University of Roehampton, Departmental seminar (invited by Garry Marvin)
- 10/12/15 @ CNRS, Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (LAS), Séminaire relations hommes/animaux (invited by Frédéric Keck)
- 17/02/16 @ Oxford Brookes University, Anthropology lunchtime seminar (invited by Jeremy Macclancy)
- 21/03/16 @ University of Exeter, Egenis seminar series (invited by Sabina Leonelli)
- 30/06/16 @ British Museum, London Anthropology Day
I will be presenting my forthcoming paper at the following venues this academic year:
- 03/12/15 @ University of Roehampton, Departmental seminar (invited by Garry Marvin)
- 10/12/15 @ CNRS, Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (LAS), Séminaire relations hommes/animaux (invited by Frédéric Keck)
- 17/02/16 @ Oxford Brookes University, Anthropology lunchtime seminar (invited by Jeremy Macclancy)
- 21/03/16 @ University of Exeter, Egenis seminar series (invited by Sabina Leonelli)
- 30/06/16 @ British Museum, London Anthropology Day
05.10.15 Amazing MA Anthrozoology publication track-record
Very proud of three of my students at Exeter who each published an article in peer-reviewed journals this month! Congratulations to Delphine, Eimear and Lucy! References and links below:
Very proud of three of my students at Exeter who each published an article in peer-reviewed journals this month! Congratulations to Delphine, Eimear and Lucy! References and links below:
- McLoughlin, E. 2015. #SaveBenjy: Sexuality, Queer Animals, and Ireland. Humanimalia. 7(1).
- Wilkins, A. M., McCrae, L. S. and McBride, E. A. 2015. Factors affecting the attribution of emotions toward animals. Anthrozoos. 28(3).
- Schmidt-Burbach, J., Ronfot, D. and Srisangiam, R. 2015. Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Pig-Tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) and Tiger (Panthera tigris) Populations at Tourism Venues in Thailand and Aspects of Their Welfare. PLOS One.
10.07.15 Lectureship in Anthropology (Tenure)
From 1st August 2015 onwards, I will be a full-time permanent Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Exeter (Research & Teaching). I will teach introductory modules to undergraduates and Anthrozoology (the study of human-animal relations) at a postgraduate level.
From 1st August 2015 onwards, I will be a full-time permanent Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Exeter (Research & Teaching). I will teach introductory modules to undergraduates and Anthrozoology (the study of human-animal relations) at a postgraduate level.
02.07.15 London Anthropology Day at the British Museum
Really excited about representing @UniofExeter at the London Anthropology Day today #LAD2015! Come and say hello!
Really excited about representing @UniofExeter at the London Anthropology Day today #LAD2015! Come and say hello!
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01.05.15 Lectureship in Anthropology (Anthrozoology)!
University of Exeter
Lecturer · Exeter, Devon
From 1st May 2015 onwards, I will be a full-time Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Exeter. I will teach AnthroZoology (the study of human-animal relations) at a postgraduate level through the following courses: ANT3005 - Human-Animal Interactions ANTM100 - The Animal Mirror: Representations of Animality ANTM101 - Animals, Health and Healing ANTM102 - Anthrozoology: Theory and Method ANTM103 - Applied Anthrozoology ANTM104 - Family Hominidae and Other Primates ANTM105 - Humans and Wildlife: Conflict and Conservation ANTM904 - Dissertation.
University of Exeter
Lecturer · Exeter, Devon
From 1st May 2015 onwards, I will be a full-time Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Exeter. I will teach AnthroZoology (the study of human-animal relations) at a postgraduate level through the following courses: ANT3005 - Human-Animal Interactions ANTM100 - The Animal Mirror: Representations of Animality ANTM101 - Animals, Health and Healing ANTM102 - Anthrozoology: Theory and Method ANTM103 - Applied Anthrozoology ANTM104 - Family Hominidae and Other Primates ANTM105 - Humans and Wildlife: Conflict and Conservation ANTM904 - Dissertation.
26.11.14 'From plate to pet: Promotion of trans-species companionship by Korean animal activists', Anthropology Today
In Korea cats and dogs are both pets and food. This article looks at how Korean activists bring the issue of animal welfare to the attention of Korean society in the context of cat and dog meat consumption. It explores the ways in which activists deploy rescue narratives in order to attract families willing to adopt rescued animals, thus transforming people's perception of livestock animals into that of potential lifetime companions. Combined here are the Confucian virtue of impartial benevolence and 18th-century Western moral philosophy.
View full article here:
DUGNOILLE, J. 2014. From plate to pet: Promotion of trans-species companionship by Korean animal activists. Anthropology Today. 30(6) 3-7.
27.10.14 Presentation at the President Seminar, Wolfson College, University of Oxford
I will give a presentation entitled: 'Water off a dog’s back? Reflections on anthropological ethics and ethnographic methods in a Korean dog-meat market' at Wolfson's President Seminar on 'Food' along with Prof. Aveyard, who works on obesity, and Dr. Gromelsk, who works on food in everyday life in Tudor England. Venue: Haldane room, Wolfson College, 6.30pm.
In Korea cats and dogs are both pets and food. This article looks at how Korean activists bring the issue of animal welfare to the attention of Korean society in the context of cat and dog meat consumption. It explores the ways in which activists deploy rescue narratives in order to attract families willing to adopt rescued animals, thus transforming people's perception of livestock animals into that of potential lifetime companions. Combined here are the Confucian virtue of impartial benevolence and 18th-century Western moral philosophy.
View full article here:
DUGNOILLE, J. 2014. From plate to pet: Promotion of trans-species companionship by Korean animal activists. Anthropology Today. 30(6) 3-7.
27.10.14 Presentation at the President Seminar, Wolfson College, University of Oxford
I will give a presentation entitled: 'Water off a dog’s back? Reflections on anthropological ethics and ethnographic methods in a Korean dog-meat market' at Wolfson's President Seminar on 'Food' along with Prof. Aveyard, who works on obesity, and Dr. Gromelsk, who works on food in everyday life in Tudor England. Venue: Haldane room, Wolfson College, 6.30pm.
© 2014 Santhy Balachandran
28.07.14 Korea Foundation Fellowship (2014-15)
Many thanks to the Korea Foundation for funding the final year of my doctoral research on human-animal relations in Korea.
30.05.14 Paper presentation: From Pest to Pets: Visibility of abuse and Commoditization of rescues by Korean animal activists at the RAI Anthropology and Photography 2014 Conference, British Museum, London
Panel: Relational resolutions: The role of digital images in ethnographic fieldwork
In this paper, based on my thirteen-month fieldwork in Korea’s animal welfare community and cat- and dog-meat industry, I will show how Korean animal activists turn stray animals, usually regarded as nuisance and/or source of food, into potential lifetime companions. By using digital images to commoditize cats and dogs rescued from the streets and meat markets, Korean activists engage with a highly complex utilitarian conundrum, specific to contemporary Korean society.
13.05.14 News feed on current events related to the study of human-animal relations.
08.05.14 - Course: 'Planning and Executing Successful Fieldwork', Doctoral Training Centre in the Social Sciences, University of Oxford
Santhy Balachandran & Julien Dugnoille
2-hour course under the Academic and Professional Development Programme run by the Doctoral Training Centre. This seminar is designed for first-year DPhil Students who wish to prepare successfully for their upcoming fieldwork. The aim is to get students ready to face potential practical, topical and relational challenges as they embark on their field research and consequently palliate a fair amount of predictable serendipity. Attending this seminar will thereby maximise students’ chances to return with effective and innovative data. Two anthropology third-year students returning from the field will share their two drastically opposed experiences, and expose a number of unforeseen incidents that challenged their respective ethnographies (45’). After examining an exhaustive list of dos and don’ts before and while undertaking field research, the session will then consist of a Q&A session as a means to prepare each first-year student according to their specific discipline, needs and goals (30’). Students will then be asked to respond to various problematic case studies that they might face in the field in order to test and apply necessary research skills such as creativity, flexibility and independence (15’).
Topics to be covered include administrative and diplomatic obstacles, unforeseen fluctuation of political situations, urban vs. rural fieldwork, financial hardship, topic challenges, topic change, isolation issues, networking, impact on relationships, self-awareness, gender, informants’ potential inappropriate conduct, etc.
Many thanks to the Korea Foundation for funding the final year of my doctoral research on human-animal relations in Korea.
30.05.14 Paper presentation: From Pest to Pets: Visibility of abuse and Commoditization of rescues by Korean animal activists at the RAI Anthropology and Photography 2014 Conference, British Museum, London
Panel: Relational resolutions: The role of digital images in ethnographic fieldwork
In this paper, based on my thirteen-month fieldwork in Korea’s animal welfare community and cat- and dog-meat industry, I will show how Korean animal activists turn stray animals, usually regarded as nuisance and/or source of food, into potential lifetime companions. By using digital images to commoditize cats and dogs rescued from the streets and meat markets, Korean activists engage with a highly complex utilitarian conundrum, specific to contemporary Korean society.
13.05.14 News feed on current events related to the study of human-animal relations.
08.05.14 - Course: 'Planning and Executing Successful Fieldwork', Doctoral Training Centre in the Social Sciences, University of Oxford
Santhy Balachandran & Julien Dugnoille
2-hour course under the Academic and Professional Development Programme run by the Doctoral Training Centre. This seminar is designed for first-year DPhil Students who wish to prepare successfully for their upcoming fieldwork. The aim is to get students ready to face potential practical, topical and relational challenges as they embark on their field research and consequently palliate a fair amount of predictable serendipity. Attending this seminar will thereby maximise students’ chances to return with effective and innovative data. Two anthropology third-year students returning from the field will share their two drastically opposed experiences, and expose a number of unforeseen incidents that challenged their respective ethnographies (45’). After examining an exhaustive list of dos and don’ts before and while undertaking field research, the session will then consist of a Q&A session as a means to prepare each first-year student according to their specific discipline, needs and goals (30’). Students will then be asked to respond to various problematic case studies that they might face in the field in order to test and apply necessary research skills such as creativity, flexibility and independence (15’).
Topics to be covered include administrative and diplomatic obstacles, unforeseen fluctuation of political situations, urban vs. rural fieldwork, financial hardship, topic challenges, topic change, isolation issues, networking, impact on relationships, self-awareness, gender, informants’ potential inappropriate conduct, etc.
07.03.2014 - Discussant for “Safety in the field” for the Doctoral Training Centre in the Social Sciences, University of Oxford
Intervention as part of a course on“Personal Safety and Security During Interviewing and Participant Observation Studies”, Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre, University of Oxford
Intervention as part of a course on“Personal Safety and Security During Interviewing and Participant Observation Studies”, Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre, University of Oxford
04.12.13 - Work In Progress Research Seminar Presentation on Doctoral Research, The Seoul of Cats and Dogs: An ethnography of animal activism and animal welfare in contemporary South Korea”, Department of Anthropology, University of Oxford
One-hour presentation followed by half-an-hour Q&A - 9h30-11h00, Department of Anthropology, 43, Banbury road, Oxford.
A Flickr album of over a hundred photographs of this thirteen-month fieldwork is available here.
Additionally, a draft of the presentation is available on academia.edu.
One-hour presentation followed by half-an-hour Q&A - 9h30-11h00, Department of Anthropology, 43, Banbury road, Oxford.
A Flickr album of over a hundred photographs of this thirteen-month fieldwork is available here.
Additionally, a draft of the presentation is available on academia.edu.
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