Animals in the Anthropocene

The Human Animal Research Network (HARN) at the University of Sydney was formed in 2011. It is a cross-faculty research group, comprising members from the humanities, natural sciences, public health, social sciences and veterinary medicine, that focuses on studying the multifaceted and multidimensional relationships between humans and non-human animals. The HARN Editorial Collective includes Madeleine Boyd, Matthew Chrulew, Chris Degeling, Agata Mrva-Montoya, Fiona Probyn-Rapsey, Nikki Savvides and Dinesh Wadiwel.

• Introduction1. The paradox of self-reference: sociological reflections on agency and intervention in the Anthropocene by Florence Chiew2. Anthropocene: the enigma of ‘the geomorphic fold’ by Ben Dibley3. Cycle of anthropocenic interdependencies on the island of Cyprus by Agata Mrva-Montoya4. Ecosystem and landscape: strategies for the Anthropocene by Adrian Franklin5. The matter of death: posthumous wildlife art in the Anthropocene by Vanessa Barbay6. A game of horseshoes for the Anthropocene: the matter of externalities of cruelty to the horseracing industry by Madeleine Boyd7. Painfully, from the first-person singular to first-person plural: the role of feminism in the study of the Anthropocene by Daniel Kirjner8. We have never been meat (but we could be) by Simone J. Dennis and Alison M.Witchard9. Multispecies publics in the Anthropocene: from symbolic exchange to material-discursive intra-action by Gwendolyn Blue10. Apiculture in the Anthropocene: between posthumanism and critical animal studies by Richie Nimmo11. The welfare episteme: street dog biopolitics in the Anthropocene by Krithika Srinivasan12. Wild elephants as actors in the Anthropocene by Michael HathawayEpilogue: New World Order – nature in the Anthropocene by Hayden FowlerAbout the contributorsIndex

‘HARN’s Animals in the Anthropocene proves to be a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary field of human-animal studies. It is wide-ranging in scope and in methodology, presenting a diverse set of frameworks through which we might begin to answer questions of multispecies responsibility and justice.’