Priyanshu Thapliyal
@priyathaplial.bsky.social
I’m you with a hint of myself. PhDing at University of Edinburgh. Animal geographies, space and place, nature-society relations, Himalayan futures
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"Social-ecological conflicts: An emancipatory conceptual approach by bringing other-than-humans into environmental conflict analysis" by Markus Rauchecker, David Kuhn, Diana Hummel, Thomas Fickel, Thomas Friedrich, Katja Brinkmann, Stefanie Burkhart, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, and Luca Nitschke:
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"Social-ecological conflicts: An emancipatory conceptual approach by bringing other-than-humans into environmental conflict analysis" by Markus Rauchecker, David Kuhn, Diana Hummel, Thomas Fickel, Thomas Friedrich, Katja Brinkmann, Stefanie Burkhart, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, and Luca Nitschke:
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“Alpa Shah’s ‘The Incarcerations’ asks a pressing question: What does the fate of the BK-16 tell us about the country’s uneasy relationship with dissent and the fate of Indian democracy itself?”
Uttaran Das Gupta writes:
Uttaran Das Gupta writes:
Bhima Koregaon, the BK-16 and cracks in Indian democracy
ON 6 JUNE 2018, Indian police raided the homes of numerous human-rights activists and lawyers, arresting five individuals. Among them were the activist and jour
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November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“Alpa Shah’s ‘The Incarcerations’ asks a pressing question: What does the fate of the BK-16 tell us about the country’s uneasy relationship with dissent and the fate of Indian democracy itself?”
Uttaran Das Gupta writes:
Uttaran Das Gupta writes:
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4 years of discussion and joint writing with 5 fabulous colleagues are behind this *open access* paper on methodological and ethical challenges in studying extreme and cascading forms of nature-society disruption (We even reflect on a failed ARC bid ❤️🩹) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Researching Rupture: Engaged and Ethical Research on Extreme Nature–Society Disruption
Global escalation in social and environmental disruption raises crucial methodological and ethical questions for researchers working in impacted communities. Interpretive social science and humanitie...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
4 years of discussion and joint writing with 5 fabulous colleagues are behind this *open access* paper on methodological and ethical challenges in studying extreme and cascading forms of nature-society disruption (We even reflect on a failed ARC bid ❤️🩹) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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We've posted another new piece ahead of print in 'Environment and History', being Claudia Leal's article 'Tenacious: An Alternative History of Dogs'; online here: doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist #dogs #mongrels #colombia #latinamerica @eandhwhp.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We've posted another new piece ahead of print in 'Environment and History', being Claudia Leal's article 'Tenacious: An Alternative History of Dogs'; online here: doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist #dogs #mongrels #colombia #latinamerica @eandhwhp.bsky.social
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During the making of Winter Well, we gathered more material than we could manage to fit in five episodes. Happily, it has a perfect home here on BBC Scotland’s Outdoor Podcast.
@alecfinlay.bsky.social describes the power of the view and a vision for staying put.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@alecfinlay.bsky.social describes the power of the view and a vision for staying put.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Scotland Outdoors - The Power of the View with Alec Finlay - BBC Sounds
Poet and Artist Alec Finlay shares his experience of chronic illness with Hayden Lorimer
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
During the making of Winter Well, we gathered more material than we could manage to fit in five episodes. Happily, it has a perfect home here on BBC Scotland’s Outdoor Podcast.
@alecfinlay.bsky.social describes the power of the view and a vision for staying put.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@alecfinlay.bsky.social describes the power of the view and a vision for staying put.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Some thoughts on what what crisis is doing to the urban imagination - short piece as part of a collection in Dialogues in Urban Research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Crisis and the urban imagination - Colin McFarlane, 2025
What are ideas like ‘polycrisis’ doing to how we think and research the urban? How might we ensure that discourses and conditions of polycrises do not erode our...
journals.sagepub.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Some thoughts on what what crisis is doing to the urban imagination - short piece as part of a collection in Dialogues in Urban Research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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OnlineFirst - "Dying to breathe: Caste, law and the urban political ecology of manual scavenging in India" by Ambarish Karamchedu:
#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law
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#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law
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October 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
OnlineFirst - "Dying to breathe: Caste, law and the urban political ecology of manual scavenging in India" by Ambarish Karamchedu:
#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law
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#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law
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The call for abstracts for POLLEN 2026 is open 🌟 Leigh-Rutt, Assa Doron & I have a panel on *Political Ecologies of Animal Agriculture* - details are here along with instructions for submitting abstracts. If this is in your zone, consider submitting an abstract!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
P025: Political ecologies of animal agriculture: methods, storytelling, and convergences
We expect 3-5 presentations of apprx 12 mins each plus time for discussion.
nomadit.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The call for abstracts for POLLEN 2026 is open 🌟 Leigh-Rutt, Assa Doron & I have a panel on *Political Ecologies of Animal Agriculture* - details are here along with instructions for submitting abstracts. If this is in your zone, consider submitting an abstract!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
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V excited to see #POLLEN2026 sessions being advertised. Myself, @guillemrubio.bsky.social and Larissa Flesichmann are delighted that our session on 'Political Ecologies of Animal Waste/Waste Animals' has been accepted. And we would like to invite you to submit an abstract (see below!) 🐕🦺🐟💩🪶🥚🦴🐚🐌🐖
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
V excited to see #POLLEN2026 sessions being advertised. Myself, @guillemrubio.bsky.social and Larissa Flesichmann are delighted that our session on 'Political Ecologies of Animal Waste/Waste Animals' has been accepted. And we would like to invite you to submit an abstract (see below!) 🐕🦺🐟💩🪶🥚🦴🐚🐌🐖
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Now published
Critique beyond relation: The stakes of working with the negative, the void and the abyss
David Chandler and Jonathan Pugh
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
v50, Issue 3 e12724
#openaccess
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Critique beyond relation: The stakes of working with the negative, the void and the abyss
David Chandler and Jonathan Pugh
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
v50, Issue 3 e12724
#openaccess
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper seeks to outline an alternative mode of critique, one that places both relational and negative approaches under the scrutiny of an ‘abyssal’ approach. Here, after Fanon, the world violentl....
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September 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Now published
Critique beyond relation: The stakes of working with the negative, the void and the abyss
David Chandler and Jonathan Pugh
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
v50, Issue 3 e12724
#openaccess
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Critique beyond relation: The stakes of working with the negative, the void and the abyss
David Chandler and Jonathan Pugh
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
v50, Issue 3 e12724
#openaccess
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Interested in learning more about corporate power and industrial chicken production? We have a new blog out from Amby Karamchedu and Ben Coles:
www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/who...
www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/who...
Who Owns Chickens? Corporate Power and Industrial Chicken Production in the Global South — RGS Animal Geographies
Ambarish Karamchedu and Ben Coles Why Chickens? In 2023, 76 billion chickens were slaughtered for meat [i] . This equates to 2,417 birds killed every second (compared to 10 cows and 47 pigs) [ii...
www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk
October 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Interested in learning more about corporate power and industrial chicken production? We have a new blog out from Amby Karamchedu and Ben Coles:
www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/who...
www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/who...
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OnlineFirst - "The wood storks of Lake Somerset: Multispecies landscapes of the Holocene/Anthropocene boundary event" by Zachary Caple:
#planetarytransition #colonialcapitalistinvasions #nicheconstruction #multispeciesethnography #landscapehistory #Florida
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#planetarytransition #colonialcapitalistinvasions #nicheconstruction #multispeciesethnography #landscapehistory #Florida
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September 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
OnlineFirst - "The wood storks of Lake Somerset: Multispecies landscapes of the Holocene/Anthropocene boundary event" by Zachary Caple:
#planetarytransition #colonialcapitalistinvasions #nicheconstruction #multispeciesethnography #landscapehistory #Florida
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#planetarytransition #colonialcapitalistinvasions #nicheconstruction #multispeciesethnography #landscapehistory #Florida
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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What do we mean when we say that carnivores and other wildlife are "habituating" to people? Who actually habituates to whom? Is this bad or god? Who decides? All of this and more in our new paper, expertly led by @ethanddoney.bsky.social, out now in @peopleandnature.bsky.social.
🦊 Reimagining habituation: The case for a reciprocal and contextual understanding ➡️ buff.ly/6rbtYxu
@livwildlab.bsky.social @ethanddoney.bsky.social @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social @hannalp.bsky.social @csandbrook.bsky.social
@livwildlab.bsky.social @ethanddoney.bsky.social @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social @hannalp.bsky.social @csandbrook.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What do we mean when we say that carnivores and other wildlife are "habituating" to people? Who actually habituates to whom? Is this bad or god? Who decides? All of this and more in our new paper, expertly led by @ethanddoney.bsky.social, out now in @peopleandnature.bsky.social.
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Happy to see my new article co-authored with Daniel Allen and John Walliss published Open Access in Geography Compass.
◾ The article is titled: An Exploration of Dog‐Related Policy Through a Legal Animal Geographies Lens 🐶
doi.org/10.1111/gec3...
◾ The article is titled: An Exploration of Dog‐Related Policy Through a Legal Animal Geographies Lens 🐶
doi.org/10.1111/gec3...
An Exploration of Dog‐Related Policy Through a Legal Animal Geographies Lens
This article employs a legal animal geographies lens to redefine dogs as more-than-property, focusing on the UK’s legislative shift from the Theft Act 1968 to the Pet Abduction Act 2024, recognising ...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Happy to see my new article co-authored with Daniel Allen and John Walliss published Open Access in Geography Compass.
◾ The article is titled: An Exploration of Dog‐Related Policy Through a Legal Animal Geographies Lens 🐶
doi.org/10.1111/gec3...
◾ The article is titled: An Exploration of Dog‐Related Policy Through a Legal Animal Geographies Lens 🐶
doi.org/10.1111/gec3...
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I am so pleased I had the opportunity to provide this commentary in @dialogueshg.bsky.social about why I think that #energygeographies are so important to understanding the drivers and dynamics of #energytransitions and #energyjustice
doi.org/10.1177/2043... @aag-energy.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2043... @aag-energy.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I am so pleased I had the opportunity to provide this commentary in @dialogueshg.bsky.social about why I think that #energygeographies are so important to understanding the drivers and dynamics of #energytransitions and #energyjustice
doi.org/10.1177/2043... @aag-energy.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2043... @aag-energy.bsky.social
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The queen was being as she was wont to be. A perfect story to indicate that species are an idea humans use to try and make sense of ways of being that we can only ever know in part. Some people find such uncertainty uncomfortable, but it can also bear fruit in unexpected wonders.
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/467N16m
go.nature.com/467N16m
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Nature - Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
go.nature.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The queen was being as she was wont to be. A perfect story to indicate that species are an idea humans use to try and make sense of ways of being that we can only ever know in part. Some people find such uncertainty uncomfortable, but it can also bear fruit in unexpected wonders.
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A good literature review doesn’t just list citations. It shows:
✔️ where the debates are
✔️ who disagrees with whom
✔️ how the field has evolved
In my latest post, I break down how to map debates in the literature:
www.raulpacheco.org/2025/09/how-...
#RPVSky
✔️ where the debates are
✔️ who disagrees with whom
✔️ how the field has evolved
In my latest post, I break down how to map debates in the literature:
www.raulpacheco.org/2025/09/how-...
#RPVSky
How to map out debates in the scholarly literature
I remember a few years ago when I wrote a paper on debates around water
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September 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A good literature review doesn’t just list citations. It shows:
✔️ where the debates are
✔️ who disagrees with whom
✔️ how the field has evolved
In my latest post, I break down how to map debates in the literature:
www.raulpacheco.org/2025/09/how-...
#RPVSky
✔️ where the debates are
✔️ who disagrees with whom
✔️ how the field has evolved
In my latest post, I break down how to map debates in the literature:
www.raulpacheco.org/2025/09/how-...
#RPVSky
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"Cohabiting Earth: Seeking a Bright Future for All Life"
Ed. Joe Gray & Eileen Crist
sunypress.edu/Books/C/Cohabi…
Ed. Joe Gray & Eileen Crist
sunypress.edu/Books/C/Cohabi…
August 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Cohabiting Earth: Seeking a Bright Future for All Life"
Ed. Joe Gray & Eileen Crist
sunypress.edu/Books/C/Cohabi…
Ed. Joe Gray & Eileen Crist
sunypress.edu/Books/C/Cohabi…
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Thom Norman joins Claudia to discuss FarmKind's work and the tenets of effective altruism. They talk about FarmKind’s compassion calculator and its lack of vegan messaging, the organizations FarmKind supports, and the critiques levelled against EA.
www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/bonus-episod...
www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/bonus-episod...
September 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Thom Norman joins Claudia to discuss FarmKind's work and the tenets of effective altruism. They talk about FarmKind’s compassion calculator and its lack of vegan messaging, the organizations FarmKind supports, and the critiques levelled against EA.
www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/bonus-episod...
www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/bonus-episod...
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Coming soon. The Citizen and the Vagabond. A Politics of Mobility.
August 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Coming soon. The Citizen and the Vagabond. A Politics of Mobility.
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Really important article examining #harms from @monicapons.bsky.social & @guillemrubio.bsky.social comparing #AtlanticSalmon & #EuropeanEel in #Aquaculture. The narrative of ecological sustainability & reduced pressure on ‘wild’ fish needs a fundamental rethink #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology ⬇️
"The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating Them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology" is out!
I’m thrilled I got to work with the lovely @guillemrubio.bsky.social—I genuinely enjoyed and had fun working on the manuscript together 🧡
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I’m thrilled I got to work with the lovely @guillemrubio.bsky.social—I genuinely enjoyed and had fun working on the manuscript together 🧡
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
Aquaculture is framed as a key contributor to global food security and sustainable food production. Yet, in its industrial form, it involves several harmful practices that negatively impact food secur...
link.springer.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Really important article examining #harms from @monicapons.bsky.social & @guillemrubio.bsky.social comparing #AtlanticSalmon & #EuropeanEel in #Aquaculture. The narrative of ecological sustainability & reduced pressure on ‘wild’ fish needs a fundamental rethink #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology ⬇️
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#OpenAccess in TIBG:
'Before it's too late: The extinction script, multi-species reproductive futurism and Extinction Rebellion' by @amyrobson.bsky.social
This paper examines the urgency of extinction narratives across public performances of climate activism.
doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky
'Before it's too late: The extinction script, multi-species reproductive futurism and Extinction Rebellion' by @amyrobson.bsky.social
This paper examines the urgency of extinction narratives across public performances of climate activism.
doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky
August 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#OpenAccess in TIBG:
'Before it's too late: The extinction script, multi-species reproductive futurism and Extinction Rebellion' by @amyrobson.bsky.social
This paper examines the urgency of extinction narratives across public performances of climate activism.
doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky
'Before it's too late: The extinction script, multi-species reproductive futurism and Extinction Rebellion' by @amyrobson.bsky.social
This paper examines the urgency of extinction narratives across public performances of climate activism.
doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky
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Duffy, R., Hutchinson, A., Iordachescu, G. & Lappe-Osthege, T., (2025) “A harms-based political ecology: Understanding harms through the wildlife trade”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1). doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
A harms-based political ecology: Understanding harms through the wildlife trade
In this article, we examine how political ecology can benefit from greater engagement with green criminology's focus on harms. We do so by developing a harms-based political ecology, which is a useful...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Duffy, R., Hutchinson, A., Iordachescu, G. & Lappe-Osthege, T., (2025) “A harms-based political ecology: Understanding harms through the wildlife trade”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1). doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
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OnlineFirst - "Agrarian change and predators’ mobilities: A more-than-human political ecology of wolf impacts" by @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social and @csandbrook.bsky.social:
#wolf #agrarianchange
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#wolf #agrarianchange
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August 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
OnlineFirst - "Agrarian change and predators’ mobilities: A more-than-human political ecology of wolf impacts" by @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social and @csandbrook.bsky.social:
#wolf #agrarianchange
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#wolf #agrarianchange
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