Helle V Goldman
Biographic Data
| ID | 371816 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helle V Goldman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helle V |
| FAMILY NAME | Goldman |
| SIGNATURE | GOLDMAN H V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian Polar Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1320-6764 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Classifying, Domesticating and Extirpatingthe Zanzibar Leopard, a Transgressive Felid
A key aspect of the social construction of animals is how they are made to fit into categories such as wild versus domesticated, livestock versus pet, game versus vermin and edible versus non-edible. In this paper, we consider the case of the leopard on the island of Unguja, in the Zanzibar archipelago, Tanzania. It is thought that witches secretly feed, breed and deploy leopards for purposes that include terrorizing other people and supplying fo…
Cryptids and credulity
Borges and Guerrero’s playful collaboration, referred to above, takes the form of a parody of medieval bestiaries, and comprises a series of descriptions of ‘imaginary beings’, some of them imagined by the authors themselves and mixing real and sham erudition in Borges’ characteristic style (di Giovanni 2003: 133). It was originally published in 1957, anticipating the appearance in English of Bernard Heuvelmans’ On the Track of Unknown Animals (1…
Chasing imaginary leopards
The Zanzibar leopard (Panthera pardus adersi) is (was) a little-known subspecies endemic to Unguja island. Rapid population growth and the expansion of farming in the twentieth century destroyed leopard habitat and decimated their natural prey, bringing them into increasing conflict with people. Villagers explained the growing number of attacks on their children and livestock by supposing that the leopards responsible for them were owned by witch…
Chasing imaginary leopards
The Zanzibar leopard (Panthera pardus adersi) is (was) a little-known subspecies endemic to Unguja island. Rapid population growth and the expansion of farming in the twentieth century destroyed leopard habitat and decimated their natural prey, bringing them into increasing conflict with people. Villagers explained the growing number of attacks on their children and livestock by supposing that the leopards responsible for them were owned by witch…
Chasing imaginary leopards
The Zanzibar leopard (Panthera pardus adersi) is (was) a little-known subspecies endemic to Unguja island. Rapid population growth and the expansion of farming in the twentieth century destroyed leopard habitat and decimated their natural prey, bringing them into increasing conflict with people. Villagers explained the growing number of attacks on their children and livestock by supposing that the leopards responsible for them were owned by witch…
Cryptids and credulity
Borges and Guerrero’s playful collaboration, referred to above, takes the form of a parody of medieval bestiaries, and comprises a series of descriptions of ‘imaginary beings’, some of them imagined by the authors themselves and mixing real and sham erudition in Borges’ characteristic style (di Giovanni 2003: 133). It was originally published in 1957, anticipating the appearance in English of Bernard Heuvelmans’ On the Track of Unknown Animals (1…
Classifying, Domesticating and Extirpatingthe Zanzibar Leopard, a Transgressive Felid
A key aspect of the social construction of animals is how they are made to fit into categories such as wild versus domesticated, livestock versus pet, game versus vermin and edible versus non-edible. In this paper, we consider the case of the leopard on the island of Unguja, in the Zanzibar archipelago, Tanzania. It is thought that witches secretly feed, breed and deploy leopards for purposes that include terrorizing other people and supplying fo…
Geography (3 works) · Leopard (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Paleontology (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · The Imaginary (2 works) · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (1 works) · Communication (1 works)