This blog highlights the myriad ways that scholarship of nonhumans retheorizes social phenomena, addresses multispecies injustice, and illuminates the political contours of species and animality. Using ethnography, literary theory, archival methods, artistic practices and more, the scholars highlighted throughout this blog illustrate the multi-disciplinary and multi-modal possibilities of engaging with the non-human world.
Based in Rice University’s Anthropology Department, we welcome submissions exploring recently published books and dissertations in these emerging fields. We recognize that species distinctions and the category of the animal are socially and historically contingent and we welcome submissions that challenge such contours.
We welcome contributions to Creature Contours. We are interested in many different aspects of multispecies studies. Here are a few ideas to prompt your creative thought processes:
- Interviews with authors of books you have recently read (ask them 5 questions)
- Interviews of your mentor/s in anthropology
- Reviews of books, films, events, and performances that you have recently read, seen, or participated in
- Multimodal engagements (visuals, soundscapes, etc) with multispecies scholarship
- Discussions of page 99 of your dissertation
For more information or to contribute to the blog, please contact Dr. Ilana Gershon at igershon@rice.edu.
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