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A photo of a relaxed promenade. In the foreground, several free-living dogs rest alongside a crow. In the background, people sit or stand casually, paying little attention to the dogs.

The human-dog relationship, conflict and coexistence

2024

Authors/contributors

Dasarathy, A., Srinivasan, K

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Multi-layered collage: Dholera, Gujarat’s futuristic greenfield city in the making – from solar park to Make in India chip hub – “squatted” by hybrid publics between human and other-than-human life: people consuming street food and free-living dogs. Artwork: Colnate Group, 2024 (cc by nc)

Hybrid Publics of Human and Other-than-Human Life: Free-Living Dogs and the “Green” and “Healthy” City in India

2024

Authors/contributors

Rubio-Ramon, G., Srinivasan, K

The adjectives of healthy and green often go hand in hand with new urban development strategies worldwide.

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Animal geographies at the limits: introduction to a special issue

2024

Journal

Scottish Geographical Journal

Authors

Philo, C., Srinivasan, K., and Rubio Ramon, G

This piece introduces a special issue tackling the theme of ‘animal geographies at the limits’.

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Free-living dogs and public health in India: What are the connections between public debates and everyday people-dog interactions? ROH-Indies Working Paper 1

2024

Authors

Srinivasan K., Rubio-Ramon G., Ramp D, Chapple R

The recent years have seen much controversy around street dogs in India, with increasingly polarised debate in public platforms about their impacts on human health and wellbeing, and about how they should be controlled or managed.

Conservation beyond biopolitics: Vulnerability and abundance in Chennai's nature-cultures

2024

Journal

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Authors

Srinivasan, K.

This paper examines the possibilities for nature in contemporary times through a ground-up investigation of nature practices in Chennai, India.

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Book cover (dog with a collar, red background)

Collared: How We Made the Modern Dog

2024

Authors

Pearson, C

Dogs are our constant companions: models of loyalty and unconditional love for millions around the world. But these beloved animals are much more than just our pets - and our shared history is far richer and more complex than you might assume.

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Nature without Conservation

2023

Authors/contributors

Srinivasan, K., and Collard, R.

The predominant approach of protecting or restoring floral and faunal life after harming, displacing, or destroying them in service of human interests does not hold much promise for nature on Earth in the age of the Anthropocene.

Read now on Current History

The free dogs of India

2023

Authors/contributors

Srinivasan, K and Pearson, C

What can India's free-living dogs teach us about sharing the planet with other creatures?

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“Ask for Spratt’s Patent meat fibrine vegetable dog cakes with beetroot.” [190-?] Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark.

A nation of dog lovers?

2022

Authors/contributors

Pearson, C

Are the British a nation of dog lovers?

The future of conservation with elephants and dogs

2021

Authors/contributors

Srinivasan K.

There is widespread acknowledgement that modern human lifestyles (from the time of settled agriculture) have adversely impacted the planet and the non-human creatures that inhabit it, compromising the capacity of the biosphere to support life as currently exists.

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