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RGS Animal Geographies
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Animal Geographies Working Group of the Royal Geographical Society. We bring together geographers and others interested in human-animal relations, and the spaces, practices, and experiences of animals.
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · 7d
Interested in learning more about corporate power and industrial chicken production? We have a new blog out from Amby Karamchedu and Ben Coles:

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Who Owns Chickens? Corporate Power and Industrial Chicken Production in the Global South — RGS Animal Geographies
Ambarish Karamchedu and Ben Coles Why Chickens? In 2023, 76 billion chickens were slaughtered for meat [i] . This equates to 2,417 birds killed every second (compared to 10 cows and 47 pigs) [ii...
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Aug 7
We are looking for two new committee members - a Postgraduate Officer and a Treasurer. Spread the word and join us! Deadline for applications is 1st September.

More details here:
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AGWG Committee Vacancies — RGS Animal Geographies
The Animal Geography Working Group (AGWG) are advertising two committee vacancies before their AGM on 3rd September, 2025. We are a relatively new working group of the RGS and have been very active ov...
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Jun 16
Our next Globalising Animal Geographies seminar with Camille Bellet will be on 24th June at 11am UK time.
Details and QR code to sign up are below. See you there!
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Jun 2
We're on a roll and have another research seminar coming up in a couple of days - Larissa Fleischmann will share her research on the 'Postcolonial Borders of Animal Health: Veterinary Fencing in Germany and Namibia'. Register below :)
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · May 23
In a week's time, we'll have a research seminar with Dr Lisa Onaga titled 'Where Have All The Silkworms Gone? Finding a Place for Sericulture in Postwar Japan'. Registration below!
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · May 14
Join us for our upcoming seminar with Dr Muhammad Kavesh on ‘Hospitality and Hostility: Arrival and Intrusion of Foreign Pigeons in Pakistan and India’ - there's still time to sign up! It promises to be an interesting discussion :)
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · May 1
We have another exciting research seminar coming up – this time with Dr Muhammad Kavesh on ‘Hospitality and Hostility: Arrival and Intrusion of Foreign Pigeons in Pakistan and India’! Please see more info and QR code for registration below:
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Apr 4
Our 'Globalising Animal Geographies' seminar on 'reimagining whales' geographies' has been rescheduled for April 28! Sign up using the QR code and hear from @annaguasco.bsky.social
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Mar 12
A reminder that the next 'Globalising Animal Geographies' seminar from is happening this Friday at 4pm.
We will hear from @annaguasco.bsky.social and her research on 'reimagining whales' geographies'!
Sign up using the QR code :)
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Feb 24
Still time to register for this Wednesday's Globalising Animal Geographies seminar series! And we have another exciting seminar coming up in March:
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Feb 18
New blog alert - Shutian Li reflects on her work with frogs and using ‘voice’ (and silence!) as a method:

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When Frogs Fall Silent: the possibility and challenge of ‘voice’ as a method — RGS Animal Geographies
Shutian Li Tadpoles are one of the most commonly observed ‘animals’ during childhood in my home country, China, often serving as a gateway for early engagement with the natural world. Children are e...
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Jan 31
Check out our call for papers on teaching animal geographies for the RGS-IBG conference this year! Deadline to submit your abstracts is Feb 21...

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Call for papers - teaching animal geographies — RGS Animal Geographies
Call for Papers RGS-IBG conference — 26-29 Aug 2025, University of Birmingham Title : Teaching Animal Geographies Session Organisers : Jamie Arathoon (York St John University) and Ekaterina Gladk...
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Dr Kate Goldie @kategoldie.bsky.social · Jan 21
🐾📢 CALL FOR PAPERS📢🐾 “Research Ethics for Animal Geographies” at the RGS Annual Conference 2025. Session sponsored by the Animal Geography Working Group 🐕🐨🦋🪼

Abstract submissions to [email protected] by Feb 21st!

Details below
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Jan 27
Starting this week with a new blog from Filipa Soares on more-than-human experiences of disasters:

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Attuning to animals’ experiences of recovering from wildfires — RGS Animal Geographies
Filipa Soares What can we learn from and with animals about recovering from disasters? How can we attune to their perspectives, experiences, and stories? How might we weave their ‘beastly places’ (P...
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Jan 22
Seminar series event alert! Details and registration below 👇
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Dec 9
Another fresh blog from us! This time Kaajal Modi is reflecting on a fantastic project 'Songs of the Water'. It explores the relationship between waterways, climate, migration, health through an interwoven practice of soundscape ecology and storytelling:

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Songs of the Water: listening to/through/by/from bodies of water with MAPA communities in Leicester, UK — RGS Animal Geographies
Kaajal Modi Songs of the Water is an artistic research collaboration between artist-researcher Kaajal Modi and the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre at the University of York, as pa...
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RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · Nov 27
A great blog from Carly Baker about animal methods "without" methods. Have a read here:

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Ethnographic shadowing and animal methods "without" methods — RGS Animal Geographies
Carly Baker Pet-food companies are incorporating overpopulated species, insects, and cultured meat as ingredients as a response to increasing environmental impacts of pet food and concerns of animal...
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