Developing Networks Down Under

Our Associate Professor in Human Geography, Dr. Richard White, continues to take a leading role in developing international networks focused on critical animal geographies and vegan geographies.

Over the summer this included heading down under and working with academics at the University of Newcastle (Australia), including the co-editors of Vegan Geographies: Spaces beyond Violence, Ethics beyond Speciesism.

Some of the key discussions were dedicated to thinking about how best to draw greater visibility around (i) inter-species social justice and liberation movements (ii) the devastating environmental impact of the meat and dairy industry in the context of climate catastrophe, and (iii) creating space for other perspectives of veganism, particularly in the context of indigenous/ marginalised communities.​

Richard’s work on critical animal geographies also informs another of his key research themes- the geographies of activism and protest. With the aim of encouraging new definitions and understanding of activism, Richard contributed a chapter to the 4th edition of Introducing Human Geographies, a leading undergraduate human geography textbook in the UK.