The Animal Highlight
készítő: Claudia Hirtenfelder
Legújabb epizód
S7E4: Koi Fish and Captivity
S7E4: Koi Fish and Captivity
A podcastról
Set around specific themes, The Animal Highlight offers glimpses into the wonderful and complex worlds of animals. This is a spinoff of The Animal Turn Podcast, a podcast that unpacks important concepts in animal studies.
Epizódok
A legújabb 20 a(z) 60 epizódból
- S7E4: Koi Fish and Captivity · 20 perc · 7. évad 4. epizódWe follow koi fish from garden ponds to the global ornamental fish trade in Singapore, and we consider the impacts of treating these animals as “living jewels.” The episode…
- S7E3: The Territorial Claims of Singapore’s Otters · 19 perc · 7. évad 3. epizódIn this episode we trace the conservation success story of Singapore’s otters and how their territorial claims to urban space raise important questions about ethics in a city…
- S7E2: Opportunistic Monitor Lizards in the City · 23 perc · 7. évad 2. epizódA lizard who looks like a small dinosaur steps out of the water a few metres from a footpath, and suddenly “urban nature” stops being an abstract idea. We’re talking about…
- S7E1: Hornbills in a Garden City · 22 perc · 7. évad 1. epizódA wild bird disappears for 140 years, then returns to one of the most urbanised places on Earth, not by accident, but because a city changes its mind about what nature is allowed…
- S6E8: A Review of Museum Collections and Objects · 53 perc · 6. évad 8. epizódHerre de Bondt and Rebecca Shen are back on the show to discuss Rosa Dyer’s season “Animal Collections/’Objects”. We delve into some of the key themes and tensions to emerge in…
- S6E7: Moo Deng – Questioning if Zoos are Living Collections · 27 perc · 6. évad 7. epizódRosa questions whether zoos could be thought of as “living collections” that objectifying animals in ways that are similar to the animal objects one finds in a museum or archive…
- S6E6: Feather Heists and Questions of Value · 27 perc · 6. évad 6. epizódRosa returns to feathers in this episode, this time to discuss the infamous 2009 “feather heist”, in which Edwin Rist stole an invaluable collection of bright-coloured feathers…
- S6E5: Moths and Wasps – Tasty Collections and ‘Confused’ Insects · 23 perc · 6. évad 5. epizódIn this episode Rosa steps away from feathered objects to consider how museum collections and archives should be thought of as living ecosystems. She discusses how webbing…
- S6E4: The Oxford Dodo - Science, Myth, and a Fragmented Afterlife · 27 perc · 6. évad 4. epizódIn this episode Rosa focuses on the Oxford Dodo, attempting to trace the life history of a bird whose only trace is a fragile head and foot in the Oxford University of Natural…
- S6E3: Parrots and frogs - Multispecies Assemblages and the Changing of Feathers · 19 perc · 6. évad 3. epizódRosa traces a Munduruku feather cap from Brazil to the museum case and discuss how tapirage was a process used to turned green parrots feathers a blazing yellow by using frog…
- S6E2: Hummingbirds - Warrior birds and feathered jewels · 30 perc · 6. évad 2. epizódUsing a feather fan as her base, Rosa Dyer traces how Victorian fashion turned fierce hummingbirds into quiet ornaments. The object brings into focus the differences between…
- S6E1: Huia - Birds, Museums and Global Commodification · 31 perc · 6. évad 1. epizódWe start Season 6 "Museum Collections/Objects" with Rosa Dyer looking at the Huia, a New Zealand songbird whose dimorphic beaks garnered the attention of science, fashion, and…
- S5E10: Heck Cattle - Where Nazi Eugenics Meets Modern Rewilding · 15 perc · 5. évad 10. epizódFierce, controversial, and caught between worlds—Heck cattle embody the complex intersection of dark history and modern conservation. This final episode of Season 5 of the Animal…
- S5E9: Red Kites - Conservation and The Ethical Dilemmas of Wildlife Translocation · 14 perc · 5. évad 9. epizódVirginia explores how the recovery of red kites in Britain has been shaped by international efforts and cross-border collaborations between governments and NGOs. Thinking about…
- S5E8: Wolf Rewilding - Rethinking Risk and Coexistence · 13 perc · 5. évad 8. epizódVirginia tells us how grey wolves are reclaiming territories across Europe and North America through a process known as auto-rewilding—autonomously returning to lands from which…
- S5E7: Mink Concerns - The Cost of Fur Through a Photographer's Lens · 11 perc · 5. évad 7. epizódIn this Animal Highlight, fellow Virginia Thomas uses one of Jo-Anne McArthur’s images as her inspiration. She compares and contrasts the lives of mink kept for fur with those of…
- S5E6: Brown Dog - The Forgotten Terrier Who Sparked a Movement · 17 perc · 5. évad 5. epizódIn this Animal Highlight, fellow Virginia Thomas talks about Brown Dog, a canine who in 1903 was subjected to vivisection at University College London. Two activists brought his…
- S5E5: Honeybees - Exploited Labour and Sticky Ethics · 11 perc · 5. évad 5. epizódIn this Animal Highlight, fellow Virginia Thomas discusses honeybees and the ways in which they are exploited for their honey. She notes how much labour goes into making honey…
- S5E4: European Wildcat - Dilemmas of Conservation · 14 perc · 5. évad 4. epizódIn this Animal Highlight, fellow Virginia Thomas discusses the European Wild Cat and their entangled relationships with domesticated cats. She notes how the interbreeding between…
- S5E3: Pale Male - Manhattan's Famous Red-Tailed Hawk · 13 perc · 5. évad 3. epizódVirginia Thomas tells us about a red-tailed hawk named Pale Male who sparked controversy and admiration when he built his nest on a luxury Fifth Avenue apartment building in New…
