Episode 247: Animal activism on film with Claire Parkinson
About this episode
The episode features a discussion with Professor Claire Parkinson about her work on animal activism in film, particularly focusing on her new collection and a chapter on 'Okja'.
This episode's returning guest is Professor Claire Parkinson, Professor of Culture, Communication and Screen Studies at Edge Hill University in the UK. She's also the Co-Director of the university's Centre for Human Animal Studies, which she established in 2014. Her books include 2011's Popular Media and Animals and 2020's Animals, Anthropomorphism and Mediated Encounters . Today, however, we're going to talk about her 2024 Sydney University Press collection Animal Activism On and Off Screen , which she co-edited with Lara Herring. In particular, we're going to look at Claire's chapter 'Anti-capitalism, animal rights and advocacy in Okja '. Knowing Animals is proudly sponsored by the Animal Politics series at Sydney University Press, the publishers of Animal Activism On and Off Screen !
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