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CFP: New Zealand Geographical Society Conference (2010) with the
Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG), Christchurch, New Zealand,
5-8th July 2010. http://www.nzgs2010.org.nz/
Animating animal geographies
Lesley Instone, University of Newcastle and Phil McManus, University of
Sydney
Animal geographies sprung to prominence in 1990s as a lively and
innovative area of contemporary geographical enquiry. More recently
animal geographies are pursuing new theoretical engagements in
more-than-human geographies (eg Whatmore) and 'new' animal biographies
(eg Lorimer) and exploring the human-nonhuman entanglement of places and
spaces. Questions of animal agency, hybridity, representation,
human/animal practices, affect, and co-constitution animate these animal
geographies in a range of urban, rural and 'wild' settings and across a
range of scales.
This session invites contributions across all facets of animal
geographies, including but not limited to:
• Relational spaces of human/nonhuman-animal engagement
• Questions of animal agency, presences and intersubjectivity
• Companion species and new forms of consumption
• Urban animal geographies of wildness and domesticity
• Borders and boundary crossings in human-animal relations
• The place and presence of animals in agro-food and agricultural
practices
• The engagements of animal geographies with posthumanist,
postcolonial, and (post)environmental enquiry
• Climate change and animal lives and spaces
• The places and spaces of animals at work
• The entanglement of humans and animals in daily life
For the purposes of this session, animals can include insects, birds,
fish, reptiles, wildlife, domestic animals, farm and production animals,
working animals involved in industrial and service roles, and more.
Session sponsored by the Cultural Geography Study Group of the IAG.
Please submit title, author/s, affiliation/s, 200 word abstract, and up
to four keywords to Lesley Instone, [log in to unmask] and
Phil McManus, [log in to unmask] by 1st April 2010. If you
have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Dr Lesley Instone
Discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies
Centre for Urban and Regional Studies
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
University of Newcastle
Callaghan, NSW, 2308
Ph: 02 49216637
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