American journalist blogs about Zoo-ethnographies

After attending the Zoo-ethnographies conference last week, independent journalist and artist Fabien Tepper gives her view on zoo-ethnography. What does it really mean?

"Zooethnographic research does not assume that animals are quietly manipulating our relationships (though cat guardians might be willing to go that far), but simply that they are active participants–not passive instruments–in their interactions with humans.  And as active participants, their bodies, movements, feelings, and ways of understanding the world all help to co-create the “more-than-human” cultures they live in with us.", Fabien Tepper writes in her blog Sentient Cincinnati - Independent news on the human-animal community.

The blog seeks to "provide accurate news and non-dogmatic analysis of the ideas, policies, and relationships that bind us animals to each other". Editor Fabien Tepper (pictured) is an independent journalist and artist living in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds an M.S. in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts University, and a B.A. in Studio Art from Swarthmore College. Earlier this year, she was honored with a fellowship at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

Read the whole blog post by Fabien Tepper

Read more about the Zoo-ethnographies conference


 

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