Suzy Brandon Ph.D.

Selling extinction: The social media(tion) of global cheetah conservation This paper contextualizes the social media(tion) of global cheetah conservation and examines how representations of extinction are ‘spectacularized’ a…

Hi @bostonjoan.bsky.social I am a new Ph.D. entering the academic job market. I don’t have a website but this is my first publication

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In this article, I note a shift from market-based conservation through the state to a service-based approach by private industry that promise to #save globally valued species, like #cheetahs 🐆

#politicalecology #humangeography #geography #conservation #saveingspecies #academicbluesky

The business of saving cheetahs: Cheetah ecology and the diverse politics at work in human wildlife conflict (HWC) interventions in Namibia - Suzanne Brandon, 2024 This paper is concerned with the intersection of cheetah ecology, human wildlife conflict (HWC), settler colonialism, and private land ownership in Namibia. Che...

I want to share my article where I discuss the #conservationcapitalistclass & how #cheetah #conservation #NGOs, as part of this class, are institutions of global academic, economic, & social power in conservation #politicalecology #humangeography #geography

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Capturing Land for Elephant Corridors in South India through the Conservation-Agrarian Squeeze - Environmental Management Contemporary conservation visions stress the need to expand land for biodiversity protection globally, despite many critiques saying that this often leads to human dispossession from land and resource...

Fascinating new #OpenAccess article that “argues that factors in conservation and agrarian landscapes squeeze farmers, enabling land acquisition for conservation” #politicalecology #elephant #conservation #agroecology #geography #elephantcorridors 🐘

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Hurricane season in #Florida is here. Call your reps 🌀

Today my mom was elevated to Professor Emerita of Education by #RollinsCollege!!! Woohoo!!! 🎉🎊🎉

I will admit I changed plans after I posted this. I’m in Florida & it started pouring so decided to splurge at the local bookstore that was closer to home. Great bookstore but they didn’t have it

Thank you for this!

They didn’t have it in stock unfortunately. But looks fantastic!

Wait! Is that the one they made into the Netflix show? I know, I know but I enjoyed that one when I was writing my PhD

I’m finding time to read as I’m substitute teaching so I need to be able to put it down

Academic books welcome too!!!!

I need book recommendations otherwise I’m going to be in the library for the foreseeable future (not that that is a problem per se!). I am searching for something fun, light, & hard, but not impossible, to put down!!! 📖📚

Endorse. Incredibly important work.

Thanks! I am here on Bluesky!

Beautiful day for a protest! ☀️ #Handsoff #Florida

Roses are red
Violets are blue

Congratulations!!! 🎉

Thank you!!!

Thank you!

How exciting! I will be looking forward to hearing about all the cool animal stuff 😁

Fascinating project, congratulations! 🎉

Nature conservation sometimes takes a touristic detour Volunteers travel to Namibia to work at cheetah conservation NGOs. On social media, cheetahs are portrayed in a ‘race against extinction.’ However, what is communicated on social media does not show t...

Nice write up of my research in @w-u-r.bsky.social newsletter. It’s incredibly cool to see my work out in the world! 🐆

#politicalecology #PhDdone #AcademicBluesky #conservation #politicaleconomy #voluntourism #tourism #sociology #wildlifeconservation #phd #geography

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Selling extinction: The politics of cheetah conservation in Namibia : “Cheetah capital of the world”

My dissertation is published! 🎉🎉🎉

#politicalecology #Academicbluesky #sociology #geography #geopolitics #conservation #phddone #cheetahs #politicaleconomy #cats #anthropology

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It’s official!!!! #PHDdone

Selling Extinction: The Politics of Cheetah Conservation in Namibia – “Cheetah Capital of the World”

Tomorrow I will be defending my dissertation @w-u-r.bsky.social titled Selling Extinction: the Politics of Cheetah Conservation in Namibia-Cheetah Capital of the World’ 🐆

#PHDalmostdone #politicalecology #conservation #sociology #geopolitics #geography #academicbluesky

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So nice to hear, thank you! Next step - finding an academic position

Looking forward to defending my thesis this Friday! 🎉 #PHDalmostdone #politicalecology #PHD #academicbluesky

The Geopolitics of Problematic Information: Epistemic Territorialization and Wildlife Conservation Volunteering in Namibia This article describes how power—socioeconomic, epistemic, and political—is harnessed and maintained through information exchanged under the aegis of private property. What was “real” in conservati...

#HappyValentinesDay & #happy submission anniversary to this #publication. Happy to see it out in the world!

#geopolitics #politicalecology #Academia #wildlife #volunteertourism #misinformation #AcademicValentines #conservation #science #geography #sociology

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