Eimear Mc Loughlin

A screenshot of the ANTI-EXTINCTION syllabus cover page with a dodo representing extinct beings. The text reads: "Though extinction is a natural phenomenon, human activity has hastened species loss in recent centuries. What factors led to the loss of the dodo, the passenger pigeon, and thylacine? What brought the American bison and California condor back from the brink of extinction? What are the promises and perils of de-extinction projects that aim to recreate dire wolves and woolly mammoths? These case studies (among others!) offer critical context for understanding ongoing biodiversity and social justice crises. Organized around questions of multispecies justice, with an emphasis on the significance of stories, this course invites students to consider what kind of existence they want for themselves and for other beings amidst the Sixth Mass Extinction."

In the spirit of syllabus season, here’s a link to an extinction studies course of the #envhist #envhum variety. From the dodo to dire wolves...Please borrow, adapt, share!

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cc: @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!

So grateful for the willing participation of inspectors and the support of EURCAW-Pigs. Thanks to the editors and reviewers at JRAI for their insightful feedback that helped to shape this article.

This article casts an anthropological lens on the moral dilemmas that arise in the enforcement of European legislation on farm and at slaughter, examining how these correspond to #AuditCulture logics that dilute the care of animal welfare through the regulatory capture of veterinary care.

Change the world farm by farm: The moral care of audit and the paradox of animal welfare inspection in Europe In European animal welfare inspection on farms and at slaughter, inspectors encounter moral challenges that reveal the paradox at the heart of animal welfare. Against the harsh realities of industria....

I am excited to finally share my first publication with Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute #JRAI based on my ongoing research on #AnimalWelfare inspection in the #EU.
#OpenAccess
Funded by EURCAW-Pigs

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I've been in a whirlwind myself, so decided to extend this deadline out another 9 days, in case anyone else has been caught up in other things, but still wants time to organise a submission. I would love to receive your words. #ethnography #anthropology #poetry sha.americananthro.org/awards/ethno...

Et par billeder fra vores spændende seminar "Human-Animal Studies - Now and in the Future", som fandt sted på AU i går. Tusinde tak til Karen Thodberg, @dreimear.bsky.social, @laerkerecht.bsky.social og @suneborkfelt.bsky.social for spændende, tankevækkende og alsidige præsentationer. #dyreforskning

Just a little over a week to go until the @mindinganimals.dk event on the 14th! If you are interested and/or working in #AnimalStudies, you won’t want to miss it! 👏

Come and join in the conversation… and meet fellow animal studies folk within and beyond your field 🎉

Abandoned lynx, roaming wild boar, ‘beaver bombing’ – has rewilding got out of hand? From unauthorised species releases to small groups buying up land, ‘guerrilla rewilding’ is going mainstream. But experts worry that these rogue efforts could do more harm than good

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Thanks to @jlorimer.bsky.social for the kind invitation! Looking forward to meeting the #More-Than-Human scholars at @ox.ac.uk and presenting my research on the #affective terrain of industrial pig farming in #Denmark and what this tells us about #pigs and the politics of pork.

See you tomorrow!✨

I am delighted to be in @oxfordgeography.bsky.social to present my work with Danish pigs at @technatures.bsky.social! If you are interested in #affective labour, atmospheric #attunement, or just curious to learn about the lives of industrial pigs, do join! Oxford folk, reach out if you want to meet!

Looking forward to this 2-day event on "symbiotic viruses" (4-5 March) convened by Benjamin Hegarty & @fredkeck.bsky.social www.paris-iea.fr/fr/evenement...

Thanks @helenkopnina.bsky.social - very inspired by your work so great to find you here❤️

Amazing! It’s going to be so much fun!

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Haha brilliant! I think the author very much lands here - where these tools exist along a continuum.

Wonderful article that asks should “rewilding” be seen as a state that a project can either attain or fall short of, a goal with clear criteria … or is [it] a process, an ongoing move toward a wilder, more self-willed state, that can… be implemented even under agrarian or “domestic” conditions?

All papers in mine and @visualplague.bsky.social 's new special issue on "Invasive Species, Global Health, and Colonial Legacies" are now out on advance access with the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. A big thanks to everyone who has helped to make this a reality!

A soft landing into the Place for the #Heathlands conference by the wonderful @lovschal.bsky.social who presented the emerging insights of the #ERC_Anthea project.

Looks amazing! Very much looking forward to participating in this fascinating conference that gathers a host of vibrant perspectives on the deep time #multispecies histories and unfolding realities of #heathlands events.au.dk/heathland

Killing the impulse to save Marius: Disney nature and the ethics of fascination in multispecies relations The euthanasia of Marius, an 18-month-old giraffe at Copenhagen Zoo in 2014, triggered intense global debate about zoo management practices. This article examines how the zoo's explicit display of cl...

In 2014, the fate of an 18-month old giraffe garnered international attention. Marius’ death & #dissection continues to spark debate about captive animal management in #zoos
Read my article on the sticky ethics of zoo animal euthanasia here:
#Multispecies
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This should be resolved now @paulgkeil.bsky.social - any issues, email me and I can send you the link! E.mcloughlin@anivet.au.dk. Thanks for the heads up!✨

Strange! Will look into this and get back to you!

Happening tomorrow 2-4pm CET! #HumanAnimalRelations #Agroecology #Multispecies #Anthropology
Join online or in person!

Talk by Catie Gressier: Blood Ties: Loving, Kinning and Killing on Australian Heritage Breed Farms In this hybrid seminar, Dr Catie Gressier examines the complexities of the cycles of life and death on heritage breed farms, and the role of kinning and killing in endangered breed conservation.

I am delighted to be welcoming Catie Gressier to Aarhus University where she will present her work on the cycles of life and death on heritage breed farms.

It is this Thursday 2-4pm!

You can join both online and in person! For more information, click here:

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✨Excited about sharing my research on Animal Welfare Inspection across the EU at @ehess-fr.bsky.social - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales this week!

❤️Especially grateful to Frédéric Keck for the invitation!

Wouldn’t be possible without the support of EURCAW-Pigs 🐷

Excited to be advertising this collaborative PhD project idea with @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social

<em>American Anthropologist</em> | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library This article examines how tours of an industrial pig slaughterhouse reinforce the continued enfoldment of Danish pigs into the fabrication of Danish national identity, an enfoldment that underpins th...

Did you know that you can visit an industrial pig slaughterhouse in Denmark? … and what does this have to do with Danish national identity?

Proud to have this work published with American Anthropologist!

Meet the “citizen-consumers” and “happy pigs” of porcine nationalism:
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Would be delighted to be added to this list - thanks so much for putting it together!🎉