Do Species Meet? Antagonizing Interspecies Relationality Through Textual “Encounters”

What is it about?

Artists, writers, and filmmakers have long told animal stories through novel mediums, capturing a part of the animals whilst never fully incorporating them. This, for better or for worse, allows multiple representations of animals. Much of academia, however, remains attached to rigid and somatophobic modes of research. In this vignette, we argue that it is more vital than ever to interrogate our own and our colleagues’ intentions and consequences in representing animals.

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