Overview

How have our interactions with animals shaped Calgary? What can we do to ensure that humans and animals in the city continue to co-exist, and even flourish together? This wide-ranging book explores the ways that animals inhabit our city, our lives and our imaginations. Essays from animal historians, wildlife specialists, artists and writers address key issues such as human-wildlife interactions, livestock in the city, and animal performers at the Calgary Stampede. Contributions from some of Calgary's iconic arts institutions, including One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, and the Glenbow Museum, demonstrate how animals continue to be a source of inspiration and exploration for fashion, art, dance, and theatre. The full-colour volume is beautifully illustrated throughout with archival images, wildlife photography, documentary and production stills, and original artwork.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jim Ellis ,  Kimberly Cooper ,  Paul Hardy ,  Jim Ellis
Publisher:   University of Calgary Press
Imprint:   University of Calgary Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.531kg
ISBN:  

9781552389676

ISBN 10:   1552389677
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   30 May 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Jim Ellis, Director, CIH How Canadians Used to Use Livestock in Cities Sean Kheraj Outlaw Horses and the True Spirit of Calgary In the Automobile Age Susan Nance Silence of the Song Dogs Shelly M. Alexander Counting Chickadees and Reimagining the Map of Calgary Angela Waldie Critical Animal Studies and the Humanities: A Critical Introduction Mohammad Sadeghi Esfahlani Wild Animals in the City Jenna Mcfarland and Andrea Hunt, Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society Light Pollution in an Animal City Maureen Luchsinger and Laura Griffin, Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area Excerpt Our Biodiversity: Calgary's 10-Year Biodiversity Plan Squirrel vs. Gopher from Calgary I love You, But You're Killing Me One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble Becoming Insects: A New Universe Kimberly Cooper, Artistic Director, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Kaleidoscopic Animalia: An Exhibition Designed and Curated by Paul Hardy Paul Hardy and Melanie Kjorlien Lisa Brawn Interview and Portfolio: Wild Bird Woodcuts Calgary Institute for the Humanities Her Dark Materials: Yvonne Mullock's Dark Horse at Stride gallery Jim Ellis Conclusion Jim Ellis Notes Contributors

Reviews

The usefulness of the work is to place scholarly interventions in conversation with activists working with wildlife rehabilitation and habitat conservation, as well as artists and a museum curator who explore the importance of animals as inspiration and fellow creatures. The book challenges the neat distinctions one might draw among disciplines or among artists, activists, and scholars. It shows not only that animals, human and non-human, might co-flourish in the city, but that those different fields of activity might co-flourish. -Frederick L. Brown, Network in Canadian History and Environment [This book] resembles a walk through an intriguing city: something striking and new and unexpected seems to be around every cornera| [it] presents a view of Calgary quite different from its usual self-promoted image. - Mark Lisac, Prime Times

The usefulness of the work is to place scholarly interventions in conversation with activists working with wildlife rehabilitation and habitat conservation, as well as artists and a museum curator who explore the importance of animals as inspiration and fellow creatures. The book challenges the neat distinctions one might draw among disciplines or among artists, activists, and scholars. It shows not only that animals, human and non-human, might co-flourish in the city, but that those different fields of activity might co-flourish. -Frederick L. Brown, Network in Canadian History and Environment

Author Information

Jim Ellis is Professor of English and Director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities at the University of Calgary. He has written widely on art, literatue and film.

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