human-nonhuman collaboration, shared worlds w/ wildlife, hunting, anthropology, cognition & ecology, elephants, pigs & humans
Prague, Czech Academy of Sci.
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My book is released today. Yay!
An ethnography of how humans share worlds with elephants at the forest fringes of Assam's capital city. Coexistence is explored through copresence & the vulnerability felt by both communities in their ambivalent relating
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"Rather than beginning with the usual alarming headlines about elephants and people, this is the relationship we want to examine: what becomes possible when co-existence is understood as a practice of paying attention and adapting to one another"
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Call for Proposals: Proposals are invited for a collaborative three-day workshop on ‘Digital Ethnography and Social Media Research to be held from 3-5 February 2026 at CSDS. For Details, Click csds.in/workshop_on_digital_…
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An elephant bibliophile can never have enough of elephant books.
A rare signed copy of Assam Shikari by Frank Nicholls.
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With the passing away of the injured calf, the death toll now stands at 8.
But then, these are just mere numbers which will be forgotten in the days to come and things will carry on a usual till another such occurrence is witnessed.
The calf was barely a day old when admitted to CWRC with critical injuries. It succumbed to its wounds this morning (13/12), having suffered a fractured limb and internal bleeding. The death toll has now risen to eight.
Sharing this video reluctantly — to show how a baby elephant met a tragic end while trying to keep up with its family as they crossed a railway track. @RailNf — if this is what happens to ‘Bholu’, it’s time you change your mascot. And @assamforest if you are committed to saving wildlife, show it.
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our ongoing dialogue with pigs [inspires us] to cultivate a research ethos that values non-linearity, thoroughness, passion, & uncertainty....[we] work with diverse knowledges & overlooked resources, pursue spontaneous, stimulating, even if frivolous paths tinyurl.com/5xvfnd3j
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Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam.
A developing country definitely needs linear infrastructure, but at what cost?A little bit of understanding, patience and compassion is what is required to save these "Gentle Giants" from train hits.
our ongoing dialogue with pigs [inspires us] to cultivate a research ethos that values non-linearity, thoroughness, passion, & uncertainty....[we] work with diverse knowledges & overlooked resources, pursue spontaneous, stimulating, even if frivolous paths tinyurl.com/5xvfnd3j
Was pretty happy a few weeks back, to come across the first review of my book - 'a moving and unsettling depiction of marginalised ways of life' - by Katherine Fletcher in the Australian Journal Of Anthropology
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Ambika Aiyadurai again gathering together what looks like to be a wonderful set of papers exploring human-animal relations in marginalized societies of South Asia, especially of Dalits and Tribals. Looking forward to reading this
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@LahkarBibhuti receives the prestigious Mark Shand Elephant Conservation Award on behalf of Aaranyak's Elephant Research and Conservation Division.
Congratulations Team @aaranyak.
Well deserved.
@elephantfamily @britishasiantst
@himantabiswa @cmpatowary
@IUCN_AsESG @assamforest
The excellent Tereza Stöckelová up next in our seminar series on May 6
Register here:
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Really wonderful hosts, great questions, the kind I want to explore more (reciprocally and beyond the frame of my book). Also a reminder of how close to my heart mind, other minds, and inter-subjectivity and experience as a human animal topic has been.
I'll be chatting with Susan Harris and Anu Pande about my book for their Indian Animal Studies Collective Table Talk series, tomorrow at 15:00 CET.
Looking forward to it!
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I'll be chatting with Susan Harris and Anu Pande about my book for their Indian Animal Studies Collective Table Talk series, tomorrow at 15:00 CET.
Looking forward to it!
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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after a fantastic talk this week, we have another scheduled in 2 weeks as part of our regular seminar series
Tania Murray Li - Thursday March 20
register here - forms.office.com/e/rfKrvjTnE…
after a fantastic talk this week, we have another scheduled in 2 weeks as part of our regular seminar series
Tania Murray Li - Thursday March 20
register here - forms.office.com/e/rfKrvjTnE…
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Spoke to @pgkeil on The Presence of Elephants: Shared Lives and Landscapes in Assam for @NewBooksNetwork. It is an ethnography of coexistence, grounded in people’s everyday interactions with Asian elephants.
@NewBooksAnthro @NewBooksSoc
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Looking forward to this one with @GarethEnticott
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Lost in the lore of the wilderness is the story of @manasnptr Kalachand Sarkar, the second civilian and also the second forester to have been awarded the Shaurya Chakra, the country's third highest gallantry award.
@CMOfficeAssam @cmpatowary
@assamforest
