This paper reviews recent developments at the intersection between culture—nature and
animal geographies debates in order to consider the ways in which issues of …

Clear your mind and think of the word'rural'. What image do you see? Maybe you see the
rolling green downland of southern England, or the wide open spaces of the American …

Each year billions of animals are poisoned, dissected, displaced, killed for consumption, or
held in captivity—usually for the benefit of humans. The animal world has never been under …

While the phenomenon of embodied knowledge is becoming integrated into the social
sciences, critical geography, and feminist research agendas it continues to be largely …

How do animals become problems? Drawing on interactionist theories of social problems
and cultural geography, I argue that the construction of animals as problems relies upon …

Geographers have long neglected the role of nature in sha** the urban experience. Yet
the anima urbis–the breath, life, soul and spirit of the city–is embodied in its animal as well …

While sociologists and the public at large are increasingly interested in the life conditions of
animals, conceptual and empirical development of the topic is limited. This paper seeks to …

The Curry Report (Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food, Farming and
Food: A Sustainable Future (Curry Report), Cabinet Office, London, 2002) recently …

In this paper, we draw on the concept of 'lifescape'(Somé and McSweeney, ILEIA Newsletter,
ETC Leusden, The Netherlands, 1996; Howorth, Rebuilding the Local Landscape, Ashgate …

Within society, farm animal welfare is moving up the policy and moral agenda as many of the
industrial processes associated with animal farming are now being called into question. In …