The Animal Turn

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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 PhD Candidate Claudia Hirtenfelder as she delves into some of the most important ideas emerging out of this recent turn in scholarship, thinking, and being.

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S6E10: Grad Review with Virginia Thomas and Darren Chang

Apr 01 2024 89 mins

In this ‘Grad Review’ Claudia talks to Virginia Thomas and Darren Chang, two early career researchers interested in animals and politics. Together they unpack synergies, tensions, and omissions that emerged in the 6th Season of The Animal Turn podcast. They discuss the multiple scales at which politics is practiced and can be considered, the crisis of imagination that potential

S6E9: International Relations with Andrea Schapper

Mar 03 2024 69 mins

Claudia talks to Andrea Schapper about animals and international relations with an explicit focus on the United Nations. They discuss how animal rights are absent in the Sustainable Development Goals as well as the promise of the rights of nature framework being employed in Latin America. Date Recorded: 5 December 2023 Andrea Schapper is a Professor in International Politics at t

S6E8: Re-Animalization with Krithika Srinivasan

Feb 05 2024 71 mins

Krithika Srinivasan joins Claudia on the show to talk about re-animalization, a concept that challenges the dominant ways in which human wellbeing are framed. Re-Animalization compels one to think about how development is predicated on logics of protection and sacrifice, expanding notions of longevity, and a reduction of risk. Re-Animalization offers an opportunity to shift our gaz

S6E7: Animal Photojournalism with Jo-Anne McArthur

Jan 15 2024 76 mins

Claudia talks to renowned photographer Jo-Anne McArthur about the power of images in political change for animals. They unpack what animal photojournalism is, some of the challenges photographers encounter in recording the lives of animals, and the political implications of such photos. Date Recorded: 17 October 2023. Jo-Anne McArthur is an award-winning photojournalist, sought-a

S6E6: Social Movement Mobilization and Feminism with Corey Lee Wrenn

Dec 25 2023 73 mins

In this episode Claudia talks to Corey Lee Wrenn about two concepts that are central to her work in animal studies: social movement mobilization and feminism. They discuss veganism as a social movement as well as some of the ways in which feminism has been sidelined in animal rights’ debates. Date Recorded: 13 October 2023. Corey Lee Wrenn is Lecturer of Sociology with the Scho

S6E5: Abolition with Gary Francione

Dec 11 2023 96 mins

Claudia talks to lawyer and philosopher Gary Francione about abolition. Gary provides an overview of how ideas related to animals have emerged and changed since the 19th century. This includes the emergence of animal welfare, animal rights, and abolitionism. Throughout the interview Gary asserts that animal welfare and animal rights will not achieve anything until there is a paradi

S6E4: Violence with Dinesh Wadiwel

Nov 20 2023 90 mins

In this episode Dinesh Wadiwel discusses how violence is an important concept in political theory. He outlines how violence can be intersubjective, structural, or epistemic. He delves into how violence and coercion are tools used to try and achieve domination and that there is a political imperative to call violence what it is. Date Recorded: 25 September 2023. Dinesh Joseph Wadi

S6E3: Moral Imagination and Habitat Rights with Steve Cooke

Nov 12 2023 73 mins

In this episode Steve Cooke discusses the significance of philosophy in helping to foster moral imagination. Such imagination allows for conceptual development, making moral progress and political change possible. With this backdrop, Steve unpacks how the development of habitat rights for animals would be an important step in ensuring animal vital interests are protected. Date Rec

S6E2: Cosmopolitanism with Angie Pepper

Nov 06 2023 82 mins

In this episode, Claudia talks to Angie Pepper about cosmopolitanism. Angie explains how despite cosmopolitans having an expansive view of justice, animals are rarely accounted for. They discuss the challenges of including animals in cosmopolitan thought and mull over what animals might be entitled to. Date Recorded: 24 August 2023. Angie Pepper is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

S6E1: Politics with Will Kymlicka

Oct 22 2023 81 mins

Claudia launches Season 6 by talking to Will Kymlicka about politics. They discuss how animals remain largely sidelined in political philosophical thought, as compared to other areas of ethics and social theory. Will delves into three different models for how to bring animals into politics: politics “on behalf of” animals, where humans represent animals; politics “by” anima