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Submit NOW constitution of humans and animals, but also show subsequent discussions about gender, identity and political practice", the announcement text specifies. For access see http://human-animal-studies.de/ Web of Life Foundation Annual Essay Competition WOLFoundation.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting fresh thinking on environmental and conservation issues. They are seeking essays for entry into their annual competition which carries $2,000 in prizes. Essays should be up to 3,000 words and promote fresh ideas presented in an accessible form. They are looking for entries that everyone will want to read ― essays should be aimed at a general readership and should be non-technical. No footnotes or citations are allowed. Entries should be written in prose in the English language. You can submit essays or short stories, factual commentary or fiction - whichever way and whichever writing style you choose to communicate your ideas. Just make it compelling. Essays can have been previously published or awaiting publication. Deadline for submissions: December 15th 2011 Further details can be found at www.wolfoundation.org and submissions can be made to submissions@wolfoundation.org Institute of Critical Zoologists The ICZ is an interdisciplinary center dedicated to promoting critical zoological dialogue and research. The Institute aims to develop a critical approach to the zoological gaze, or how humans view animals. Urban societies live in relative isolation from animals; however, our demand and gaze upon them have grown significantly over the last century. It is undeniable that looking at animals is considered both desirable and pleasurable in societies. Animals convey meaning and values that are culturespecific, and in viewing the animal, we cannot escape the cultural context, political climate and social values in which that observation takes place. The relationship between animals and humans has reached an appalling state. There is increased visual exploitation of animals (there are more than a thousand zoos in the world and twice as many natural history museums); and there is exploitation of animals as commodity (tiger parts are traded for commerce to save them in China). Not to mention the environmental, ecological, cultural threats of zoos, animal performances, animal agriculture, poaching, economic-driven conservation biology, natural history museums displays and animal memorabilia, to which human anthropomorphism plays a pivotal role. ICZ seeks to develop a Critical Zoological Gaze that pursues creative, interdisciplinary research that includes perspectives typically ignored by animal studies, such as aesthetics; and to advance unconventional, even radical, means of understanding human and animal relations. The institute also discourages anthropomorphism in the appreciation and understanding of zoology and has a wide variety of projects involving scientists, zoologists, conservationists, artists and various organisations. All their projects aim to improve the practice of zoology and contribute conceptual advances to our knowledge and understanding of zoological studies. For information on projects, museum and journals see: www.criticalzoologists.org 32
New Books OSA AND MARTIN: For the Love of Adventure by Kelly Enright. Globe Pequot Press, 2011 Osa and Martin tells the story of world-renowned adventurers Osa and Martin Johnson, who, from the 1910s through the 1940s, brought the jungles of Africa and the South Pacific to millions of Americans. It takes us from their first expedition to the South Seas, which established their public image as an independent, daring couple, to their first African adventure, where they proved their films were authentic glimpses of untarnished nature. From their jungle camp in northern Kenya, they filmed and lived with wildlife while Osa drew upon her pioneer roots to carve a home in the wilderness. Back in America, Martin found respect among men of science, while Osa flirted with an intrigued general public. She wrote children's books about her exotic pets, began her own line of clothing, and marketed toy animals to benefit wildlife conservation. After Martin's death, Osa returned to Africa only once, but she remained an influential voice in the field of wildlife conservation until her death in 1953. The first book on this legendary pair written for a general audience, Osa and Martin is a thrilling and inspiring read. Kelly Enright, who holds a PhD in American History from Rutgers University, is the author of Rhinoceros (Reaktion Books) and America’s Natural Places: Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. She lives in Vail, Colorado. THE ANIMALS OF SPAIN: An Introduction to Imperial Perceptions and Human Interactions with Other Animals, 1492-1826 by Abel A. Alves. Brill Human-Animal Studies series, 2011 Writings from 1492 to 1826 reveal that the history of animals in the Spanish empire transcended the bullfight. The early modern Spanish empire was shaped by its animal actors, and authors from Cervantes to the local officials who wrote the relaciones geográficas were aware of this. Nonhuman animals provided food, clothing, labor, entertainment and companionship. Functioning as allegories of human behavior, nonhuman animals were perceived by Spanish and Amerindian authors alike as bearing some relationship to humans. On occasion, they even were appreciated as unique and fascinating beings. Through empirical observation and metaphor, some in the Spanish empire saw themselves as related in some way to other animals, recognizing, before Darwin, a "difference in degree rather than kind." Abel A. Alves, Ph.D. (1990) in History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is Associate Professor of History at Ball State University. His publications include the book Brutality and Benevolence: Human Ethology, Culture, and the Birth of Mexico (1996). 33
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