We are seeking chapter proposals for an edited collection investigating the
relationship between animals and place. Multidisciplinary in its scope, the
editors encourage submissions across the natural sciences, social sciences
and humanities. The editors envision a book that acknowledges and considers
the role of place in the multiple situated encounters between human and
other animals.
Questions to be considered:
• How, if at all, do concepts of domestic, wild or feral places affect the
contours and outcomes of encounters?
• How might the relational space change when we encounter individuals of a
species in distinctly different places (i.e. enclosed versus open spaces)?
• In co-constructing knowledge about non-human animals, is space considered?
• How, if at all, are factors, such as chance, spontaneity and imagination,
impacted by the locations we encounter animal others?
• What do non-Euclidean ideas of space offer to human-animal relationships?
We encourage potential contributors to negotiate the dynamic role of place
in human-animal interactions and ethical relationships. Encounters in a
variety of spatial and relational configurations will be included in the
volume, enlivening and contributing to a collective imagining of animals in
place, particularly the place of humans in a multispecies and multidimensional world.
Please submit proposals for chapters (500 words, maximum) and a short CV by March 1, 2010.
Submissions should be sent to both Dr. Traci Warkentin
(twarkent@hunter.cuny.edu) and Gavan P.L. Watson (gavan@yorku.ca). Selectedsubmissions will be notified by April 5, 2010. Completed chapters will bedue by August 1, 2010.
For more information visit: http://www.gavan.ca/aip/
