S6E8: Re-Animalization with Krithika Srinivasan

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Krithika Srinivasan joins Claudia on the show to talk about re-animalization, a concept that challenges the dominant ways in which human wellbeing are framed. Re-Animalization compels one to think about how development is predicated on logics of protection and sacrifice, expanding notions of longevity, and a reduction of risk. Re-Animalization offers an opportunity to shift our gaze to the most privileged and to consider how risks might be more evenly distributed.

Date Recorded: 23 November 2023.

Krithika Srinivasan is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh. Her research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of political ecology, post-development politics, animal studies, and nature geographies. Her work draws on research in South Asia to rethink globally established concepts and practices about nature-society relations and reconfigure approaches to multispecies justice. Krithika is the principal investor of the project Remaking One Health Indies. She has published widely, including in journals such as the Sociological Review, Geoforum, and Environment and Planning. Learn more about the ROHIndies project on their website and connect with Krithika on Twitter (@KritCrit)

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. A bit about Krithika (00:03:40)

3. ROH Indies and Multispecies Public Health (00:06:42)

4. Re-Animalization Paper (00:11:00)

5. Human Wellbeing and More-Than-Animal (00:17:00)

6. Longevity (00:21:34)

7. Ethically and Politically Animal (00:28:04)

8. Thinking the Unthinkable (00:30:58)

9. Shoring-Up vs. Redistribution of Risk (00:38:18)

10. Turning the Gaze back on the Self (00:40:28)

11. The Level of the Individual (00:49:42)

12. Quote (Krithika Srinivasan) (00:52:43)

13. Inequality and the Re-Distribution of Risk (00:54:28)

14. Currently Working on (00:58:49)

15. Animal Highlight (Wolves) (01:00:00)

16. Credits (01:15:23)