Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era: Politics, Pedagogy, and Practice in the Contemporary Aquarium

ISBN-13: 9781433147210 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 170 str.

Teresa Lloro

Opis

Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era is a rich and beautifully written multispecies ethnographic monograph that explores pedagogy and practice at a Southern California aquarium housing and displaying over 10,000 animals.

Recenzje

"Teresa Lloro's new book, Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era, is a welcome and needed addition to the works on the uses of animals in two spheres: entertainment and education. Drawing on the author's ethnographic work among the people and animals who interact at a public aquarium, Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era uncovers a number of uncomfortable truths inherent in our use of animals, and suggests some new ways in which we might move forward."-Margo De Mello, Human-Animal Studies Program Director, Animals & Society Institute

Spis treści

Introduction - The Making of a Region al Edutainment Venue - Neoliberal Subjectivities and the Pedagogy of "Sustainable Seafood" - Bird Biopower in Lorikeet Forest - The Disembodied Shark - Affective Labor in the Lorikeet Forest- A Watershed Moment for Zoos and Aquariums? Exploring Feminist Posthumanist Theories and Pedagogies - Author Index - Suject Index.

O autorze

Teresa Lloro received a PhD in education, society, and culture from the University of California, Riverside. She is Assistant Professor in the Liberal Studies Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Lloro recently received a California Humanities Grant for her work with community-based food justice coalitions. She is also the co-editor of Animals in Environmental Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy.