Rethinking Fables

The Gannet and the Whale (May 24, 2025, Rethinking Fables) YouTube video by Kaori Nagai

A collaboration between me, @amsouth.bsky.social & Lesley Harrison, performed at @rethinkingfable.bsky.social (www.rethinking-fables.org.uk). Lesley & Alex weave together pieces by me and Alex and a poem by Lesley to create a new fable, "The Gannet and the Whale". www.youtube.com/watch?v=r55d...

Our final conference included a storytelling workshop called ‘Changing Fables’, led by Prof. Vinciane Despret. Here’s a brief report I’m excited to share. Enjoy 😊 -- heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in this memorable session. www.rethinking-fables.org.uk/changing-fab...

There once was a biologist who talked to spiders … UC biologist and spider expert Nathan Morehouse helped a writing collaboration at Kent University explore our common ground with these eight-legged creatures that fascinate us.

Excited to share that our ‘Spider fable’ collaboration was featured in this fantastic blog post! www.uc.edu/news/article... Huge thanks to Nathan Morehouse, Cass Lynch, Josie Turnbull and Lisa-Jean Moore for making this project happen.
‬ @arachnology.bsky.social ‪
@britishspiders.bsky.social

Spotted two majestic Kudus in Camden this Saturday, part of
The Herds stampede. Incredible to see these creatures come to life & transform the street into a space of powerful storytelling. It was a priviledge to meet them & wishing them a safe journey north.

So happy to have been commissioned to write this sequence of poems for the @rethinkingfable.bsky.social project.

Susan Richardson, The Sack and the Selkie YouTube video by Kaori Nagai

Check out Susan Richardson's powerful poem sequence ‘The Sack and the Selki’e — a moving exploration of how plastic pollution is affecting seals. Huge thanks again to Susan for writing this amazing piece for the ‘Rethinking Fables’ project. @susanrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/vQ1wfvlUcWU

Are you curious about expanding your social research practice to include nonhuman species, but don’t know where to start? Come and join this immersive three-day workshop at the University of Manchester, with a mix of indoor seminars and outdoor fieldwork: store.southampton.ac.uk/short-course...

I am delighted to announce that the recording of Profs Vinciane Despret and Susan McHugh's keynote speeches at our final conference are now available from this site: www.rethinking-fables.org.uk/final-confer...
Please have a look and enjoy! 😊

Just wrapped 3 incredible days at the Rethinking Fables final conference! Huge thanks to our amazing speakers, attendees & performers who made this truly unforgettable. So many fabulous things happened during this conference 😊

thank you so much 😊

Suniti Namjoshi kindly designed a fable-writing exercise for our project. Can you take up the challenge? www.rethinking-fables.org.uk/challenge-su...

The 'Rethinking Fables' final conference is happening now! Please join us if you can. Also please check out the online resources/exhibition (just launched) www.rethinking-fables.org.uk

Misadventures in the Land of Fables!! Oh wow, I have to check this out. Thanks so much for letting me know.

Thank you so much!! 😊

The 'Rethinking Fables' final conference kicks off tomorrow. Big thanks to the speakers — really excited to meet you soon! research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...

Absolutely thrilled that next Thursday I'll be speaking at the Rethinking Fables conference and sharing what I've learned from reading Ernest Thompson Seton's journals. This is brand new research, so I'm excited to share it properly for the first time.

Rethinking Fables in the Age of the Environmental Crisis: A Storytelling Event - Gulbenkian We are delighted that renowned Indian fabulist Suniti Namjoshi will be among our storytellers, alongside a fable-in-music collaboration by Scottish poet Lesley Harrison and Zoomusicologists Alex South...

Tickets are now available for the Rethinking Fables storytelling event on May 24, 2025 (6–8pm), featuring Indian fabulist Suniti Namjoshi, a fable-in-music performance, and other fables. If you're near Canterbury, come along and spread the word. thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/rethi...

If the Camel Could Speak – Reflections on Trade, Fables, and Global Connections The introduction to the volume "Animal Trade Histories in the Indian Ocean World" opens with a reference to an Aesop’s fable about a merchant and his camel, capturing the essence of human-animal relat...

www.seamlesstrade.international/post/if-the-...

A great conversation between Kaori Nagai and Suniti Namjoshi on fabulating birds and other animals - "Birds Talk Back" @rethinkingfable.bsky.social research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...

Thank you, Cristos! I'm glad that you liked it 😊

Registration is still open for our final 'Rethinking Fables' conference (May 22–24, 2025, U of Kent & online), featuring keynote speakers Profs Vinciane Despret and Susan McHugh. We’d love for you to join us 😊 Please visit: research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...

Please take a look at my conversation with the fabulist Suniti Namjoshi, ‘Birds Talk Back’. Your thoughts and comments are most welcome! 😊 research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...

Writing Environmental Fables in Kent (November 20, 2024) YouTube video by Kaori Nagai

The wonderful @rethinkingfable.bsky.social made this lovely video of the workshop on Fable Writing.

youtu.be/ouhOByeS6hw

I had a stimulating time preparing for it and then facilitating it. Thank you to the participants for trusting their wonderful stories to this process of inquiry. Keep writing ✍🏽

There's also still time to register to attend the Rethinking Fables Conference in-person or online (22-24 May, University of Kent, Canterbury) which includes keynotes by Susan McHugh, and Vinciane Despret @rethinkingfable.bsky.social 🐰🦉🐥
research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...

Thanks, Susan! We are very much looking forward to the reading of your piece at our storytelling event! 😊
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We are delighted to announce that Suniti Namjoshi, the distinguished fabulist and author of The Blue Donkey Fables (1988), Aesop the Fox (2018) and many other fables, will be taking part in the event. Please visit research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...

Call for Contributions, Symposium:
"Foraging Futures: Human-Environment Relations in a Changing World"
October 3–7, 2025 | Triglav National Park, Slovenia
foraging.work/symposium/

We have been asked to spread the word about the upcoming Pan-European Conference on International Relations (EISA PEC) in Bologna: "Green(ing) War: Military Build-Up, Warfare, and Socio-Environmental Wounds."

Event page: eisa-net.org/pec-2025/

#rccnews #conference #green #war #military #envhum

Registration is open for our final 'Rethinking Fables' conference (May 22-24, 2025: University of Kent, Canterbury UK & online) with Profs Vinciane Despret and Susan McHugh as our keynote speakers. Please spread the word – and we'd be delighted if you can join us. research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...

These are dark & disconcerting times for the environment and our future. I am reposting our 'Call for Fables'. Drop us a line if you can think of a fable that speaks to you at this moment (& please try writing a fable yourself, to make sense of what’s happening) research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...