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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 28. 2. 2023 VETERINARY ANTHROPOLOGY: SAMPLES FROM AN EMERGING FIELD Ludek Broz, Frédéric Keck and Kerstin Weich edited a research topic of Frontiers in Veterinary Science focusing on veterinary anthropology that has emerged in the last five years as a new domain of research in the wake of ethnographic and historical studies of zoonotic diseases, such as avian influenza, swine fever, rabies, or plague.
Events 27. 2. 2023 Public talk | Alex Blanchette In collaboration with the Fencing the Feral project from Aarhus University, we invite you to a public talk by anthropologist Alex Blanchette on "Irremediable Ecologies: Decomposing with America's oldest industrial animals"
Events 22. 2. 2023 Hedging bets in more-than-human worlds: Joint futures of veterinary and conservation interventions Panel at An Unwell World? Anthropology in a Speculative Mode ASA conference, April 11-14, SOAS - London, United Kingdom https://www.theasa.org/conferences/ https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/asa2023/p/12864# Sessions: Thursday 13 April, 9:00 - 10:30, Thursday 13 April, 11:00 - 12:30 Time zone: BST (local time)  
Events 19. 1. 2023 Pig worlds: understanding porcine multiplicity in the Anthropocene Presenter Profiles for the Pig Worlds panel at ‘Relations and Beyond’: Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society in Rovaniemi, Finland, 21st-23rd March 2023
Publications 18. 1. 2023 Reversible pigs: an infraspecies ethnography of wild boars in Barcelona The idea of “species” is the main unit for representing ecological relations. But what would an ecology look like if we started by tracing its relations from below the species threshold?
Publications 9. 12. 2022 Feral Ethics. Thinking feral with pigs In this critical text, the four authors encourage the reader to think through the categorical differences of wild, feral, and domestic with the help of pigs. Putting forth three case studies of environments that have humans co-existing (or trying to) with pigs, the authors guide us to rethink and relearn our anthropocentric ethics through a feral lens.

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guillemrubio Guillem Rubio-Ramon @guillemrubio ·
24 Mar

On my way back from @arcticanthro @anthrofi conference in Rovaniemi, where I presented my research on pig farming, nationalism and biosecurity. Big thanks to @pgkeil @totheeast and Virginie for organizing the ‘Pig Worlds’ panel and making it all happen! 🐷❄️

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kate_goldie_ Kate Goldie @kate_goldie_ ·
24 Mar

Had the chance to present my own research on love & kinship with pet pigs at a great panel ‘Pig Worlds” organised by @pgkeil @totheeast & Virginie 🐷

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