VETERINARIzATION OF EUROPE?

HUNTING FOR WILD BOAR FUTURES IN THE TIME OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER

A project that pursues a collaborative, ethnographic investigation into the relationship between three understudied subjects in anthropology: veterinary medicine, recreational hunting, and wild boars.

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Publications 27. 3. 2025 A FENCE IN TIME: CHRONO-MATERIAL ECOLOGIES OF DECAY, GOVERNANCE AND KNOWLEDGE Luděk Brož co-authored a chapter called “A Fence in Time: Chrono-Material Ecologies of Decay, Governance and Knowledge” in a new book Fences and Biosecurity, The Politics of Governing Unruly Nature, published with Helsinky University Press.

Presentations 17. 2. 2025 Frontal Comparison Inside Out: Feeding (Game) Animals in Europe and Siberia We are pleased to announce that our colleague, Luděk Brož, will give a talk at the next meeting of the Siberian Studies Seminar (2024-2025), organized by Dmitriy Oparin (UMR Passages) and Virginie Vaté (GSRL) in Paris. This talk will give information about the practices of Czech hunters and how their feeding habits challenge traditional hunting norms, shedding light on broader implications for wildlife management and cultural comparisons.

Public outreach 11. 2. 2025 Can hunting foster environmental stewardship? In the latest episode of Tommy's Outdoors podcast, Thorsten Gieser explores the complex questions of how someone can take an animal's life while still caring for nature, and whether hunting can promote environmental stewardship.

Events 9. 12. 2024 Incursion of African Swine Fever in Georgia with Mikheil Sokhadze Mikhael Sokhadze will deliver a talk on the Incursion of African Swine Fever in Georgia. The session will be followed by a discussion with representatives from the State Veterinary Administration of the Czech Republic and the State Veterinary Institute Jihlava (National Reference Laboratory for ASF).

Presentations 5. 12. 2024 Talk on Hunting Experiences and Arts-Based Methods Thorsten Gieser will present at the 6th Tohoku Conference on Global Japanese Studies at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, on December 6, 2024.

Presentations 5. 12. 2024 Hunting Wild Boar Across the World—Contemporary Issues and Challenges Thorsten Gieser will present a talk at the Centre for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, on December 10, 2024.

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