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Maisie Tomlinson

Maisie Tomlinson

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7801-8441

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Overview

I am a Lecturer in Sociology, teaching across human-animal relations, environmental sociology, and creative methods. Currently, I convene the undergraduate modules SOCY10202 Environment and Society and SOCY30042 Human-Animal Relations.  I also teach more-than-human research methods, including multi-species ethnography.

In terms of my research, I study people who study animals, and I’m interested how we know what we think we know about other species. Different schools of thought have different ideas about the nature of animal minds, how they are best investigated, and to what ends. I explore the ontological, epistemological and social politics of animal behaviour expertise as it is practiced in diverse settings, with a particular interest in so-called "critical anthropomorphism". I am interested in animal subjectivity, "anthropomorphism", agency, relationality, the epistemology of science and the role of what we might call the "felt sense" in knowledge production. I have a particular interest in multi-species ethnography, and have run workshops in how the experience of nonhuman animals might be more closely attended to using somatic-emotional experience, sensory methods, and techniques taken from performance training.

My research and teaching interests are informed by dual professional backgrounds: in theatre and in NGO management and campaigning. My play, What a Mouse Knows, based on my doctoral research, was produced and performed as part of my 2022 ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Keywords

  • Human-animal relations
  • embodiment
  • Qualitative Methods
  • environmental humanities
  • Creative and sensory methods

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  4. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  5. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  6. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  7. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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