Michelle Szydlowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 162811 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle Szydlowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Szydlowski |
| SIGNATURE | SZYDLOWSKI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4747-3257 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Dogs to Frogs: A Summative Content Analysis Spanning Four Decades of Scholarly Contributions to Anthrozoology
Is Your Elephant Happy? Mahout Identification and Description of Elephant Affective States in Nepal
Elephant Tourism in Nepal: Historical Perspectives, Current Health and Welfare Challenges, and Future Directions
"A study of elephant tourism in Nepal from its origins in the 1960s to present day. This book examines the ways in which captive elephants face challenges during life in Nepalese elephant stables, or hattisars. Used as human conveyance, government anti-poaching team members and rescue vehicles, these elephants work with and for humans"
Renegotiating citizenship: Stories of young rhinos in Nepal
Nepal has linked protection of endangered rhinos to nature-based tourism and poverty reduction. Successful anti-poaching and conservation campaigns have resulted in increases in tourist numbers and rhino populations, which in turn have increased incidences of human and rhino casualties in the areas surrounding Chitwan National Park. Thanks to Nepal’s National Trust for Nature Conservation, orphaned or injured rhinos are transported to facilities …
Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP): A Student Conference in Animal Studies 2023
Happy (m)Other’s Day: Raising Hybrid Kids in a Modern World
Humans have a long history of identifying themselves as outsiders, outcasts, and others (see Hegel, 1807; Spivack, 1985), and as such are drawn to stories of those who don't quite 'fit in' with society.Nowhere is this more obvious than in recent decades of popular media, where stories of outcasts (everything from Salinger's 1951 Catcher in the Rye to Rowling's Harry Potter© empire), mutants (found in any corner of the MarvelTM or DCTM universes) …
Members only? A posthuman view of otherthanhuman-animal immigrants across human-defined borders
The movement of otherthanhuman-animals (henceforth OTHA) across human-defined borders are often categorised depending upon human-assigned categories such as ‘invasive’, ‘introduced’, ‘non-native’ or ‘migrating’. However, there is a paucity of literature categorising OTHAs, from a posthuman, anthrozoological view, as immigrants. This paper examines, through the dual lenses of posthumanism and anthrozoology, five scenarios for OTHA immigrants. Firs…
Domestication and domination: Human terminology as a tool for controlling otherthanhuman animal bodies
The language of domestication enables humans to wield power over otherthanhuman animal lives. In some cases, being labelled “domesticated” ensures a life free of worry regarding food, water, and shelter. In others, “domestication” embodies a loss of agency, wildness, and potentially life. Companion animals such as cats find themselves at the center of debates regarding their freedom, reproductive agency, and even their status as domesticates. Oth…
Uncivilized Behaviors: How Humans Wield “Feral” to Assert Power (and Control) over Other Species
This paper examines the use of the term “feral” as a form of control over other animals. The concept of this “power word” is explored within the context of what it means for those who find themselves labelled as such. As a prefix, “feral” is used by various interest groups to justify the treatment of subpopulations of species, particularly with regards to wildlife conservation. The “feral” label differentiates animals that are perceived as being …
Uncivilized Behaviors: How Humans Wield “Feral” to Assert Power (and Control) over Other Species
This paper examines the use of the term “feral” as a form of control over other animals. The concept of this “power word” is explored within the context of what it means for those who find themselves labelled as such. As a prefix, “feral” is used by various interest groups to justify the treatment of subpopulations of species, particularly with regards to wildlife conservation. The “feral” label differentiates animals that are perceived as being …
Members only? A posthuman view of otherthanhuman-animal immigrants across human-defined borders
The movement of otherthanhuman-animals (henceforth OTHA) across human-defined borders are often categorised depending upon human-assigned categories such as ‘invasive’, ‘introduced’, ‘non-native’ or ‘migrating’. However, there is a paucity of literature categorising OTHAs, from a posthuman, anthrozoological view, as immigrants. This paper examines, through the dual lenses of posthumanism and anthrozoology, five scenarios for OTHA immigrants. Firs…
Domestication and domination: Human terminology as a tool for controlling otherthanhuman animal bodies
The language of domestication enables humans to wield power over otherthanhuman animal lives. In some cases, being labelled “domesticated” ensures a life free of worry regarding food, water, and shelter. In others, “domestication” embodies a loss of agency, wildness, and potentially life. Companion animals such as cats find themselves at the center of debates regarding their freedom, reproductive agency, and even their status as domesticates. Oth…
Uncivilized Behaviors: How Humans Wield “Feral” to Assert Power (and Control) over Other Species
This paper examines the use of the term “feral” as a form of control over other animals. The concept of this “power word” is explored within the context of what it means for those who find themselves labelled as such. As a prefix, “feral” is used by various interest groups to justify the treatment of subpopulations of species, particularly with regards to wildlife conservation. The “feral” label differentiates animals that are perceived as being …
Happy (m)Other’s Day: Raising Hybrid Kids in a Modern World
Humans have a long history of identifying themselves as outsiders, outcasts, and others (see Hegel, 1807; Spivack, 1985), and as such are drawn to stories of those who don't quite 'fit in' with society.Nowhere is this more obvious than in recent decades of popular media, where stories of outcasts (everything from Salinger's 1951 Catcher in the Rye to Rowling's Harry Potter© empire), mutants (found in any corner of the MarvelTM or DCTM universes) …
Elephant Tourism in Nepal: Historical Perspectives, Current Health and Welfare Challenges, and Future Directions
"A study of elephant tourism in Nepal from its origins in the 1960s to present day. This book examines the ways in which captive elephants face challenges during life in Nepalese elephant stables, or hattisars. Used as human conveyance, government anti-poaching team members and rescue vehicles, these elephants work with and for humans"
Renegotiating citizenship: Stories of young rhinos in Nepal
Nepal has linked protection of endangered rhinos to nature-based tourism and poverty reduction. Successful anti-poaching and conservation campaigns have resulted in increases in tourist numbers and rhino populations, which in turn have increased incidences of human and rhino casualties in the areas surrounding Chitwan National Park. Thanks to Nepal’s National Trust for Nature Conservation, orphaned or injured rhinos are transported to facilities …
Anthrozoology as International Practice (AIP): A Student Conference in Animal Studies 2023
From Dogs to Frogs: A Summative Content Analysis Spanning Four Decades of Scholarly Contributions to Anthrozoology
Is Your Elephant Happy? Mahout Identification and Description of Elephant Affective States in Nepal
Biology (5 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Environmental ethics (4 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Political science (3 works)