Environmental Humanities, STS, Ecology

katie kung

This site is a collection of things that would not have been possible without the generosity and hard work of many people. Here are some ideas that I’ve been thinking about.. on invasive species and how environmental humanities can contribute to the ongoing discourse. How to stay with the trouble, in practice?

A brushtail possum caught in a leghold trap

– HELLO READERS –

This website is an accumulation of work, thoughts and appreciation – gratitude to all the amazing people whose hard work, openness and generosity have enabled the things I can showcase here.

I am grateful that I have finally done enough work for them to have their own space organised on my own terms.

I write about the environment, invasive species, ecology, conservation, possums, cats, just animals in general, also plants and others, martial arts, strokes (those in your brain), food, things we kill and things we eat, things we love and we protect.

Some concepts I’ve been thinking about: (for my own mental offload..)

  • Troubled / troubling care1
  • Non-kins / multispecies violence and conflicts
  • Taxonomical impulse2
  • Killability3
  • Killing as care work / Distribution and measurement of kindness4
  • Eco-feminist dimension of conservation / patriarchy in conservation
  • Field camera photos and footages as evidence for conservation regimes4
  • When are cats not domestic?
  • From microzones of killing to landscapes of killing as storytelling devices3
  • Kill traps and trap lines as conservation infrastructure3

Photo credit: Robin Hammond for National Geographic

  1. Doctoral project ↩︎
  2. Paper under review ↩︎
  3. See ‘Killing for conservation’ from Speaking ↩︎
  4. See ‘Killing as care’ from Speaking ↩︎