Paul Keil

human-nonhuman collaboration, shared worlds w/ wildlife, hunting, anthropology, cognition & ecology, elephants, pigs & humans

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

My book is released today. Yay!

An ethnography of how humans share worlds with elephants at the forest fringes of Assam's capital city. Coexistence is explored through copresence & the vulnerability felt by both communities in their ambivalent relating

https://t.co/GacOBzypP4

[CSDS, Delhi @csdsdelhi]

Call for Proposals: Proposals are invited for a collaborative three-day workshop on ‘Digital Ethnography and Social Media Research to be held from 3-5 February 2026 at CSDS. For Details, Click https://t.co/hI3mCQpNGA

[Kaushik Barua @Airawat]

An elephant bibliophile can never have enough of elephant books.
A rare signed copy of Assam Shikari by Frank Nicholls.

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

@DennyBuoy Thankyou very much! Always happy to hear such things :)

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

My book is released today. Yay!

An ethnography of how humans share worlds with elephants at the forest fringes of Assam's capital city. Coexistence is explored through copresence & the vulnerability felt by both communities in their ambivalent relating

https://t.co/GacOBzypP4

[Kaushik Barua @Airawat]

With the passing away of the injured calf, the death toll now stands at 8.
But then, these are just mere numbers which will be forgotten in the days to come and things will carry on a usual till another such occurrence is witnessed.

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

our ongoing dialogue with pigs [inspires us] to cultivate a research ethos that values non-linearity, thoroughness, passion, & uncertainty....[we] work with diverse knowledges & overlooked resources, pursue spontaneous, stimulating, even if frivolous paths https://t.co/7UaKWQquB4

[Kaushik Barua @Airawat]

Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam.
A developing country definitely needs linear infrastructure, but at what cost?A little bit of understanding, patience and compassion is what is required to save these "Gentle Giants" from train hits.

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

our ongoing dialogue with pigs [inspires us] to cultivate a research ethos that values non-linearity, thoroughness, passion, & uncertainty....[we] work with diverse knowledges & overlooked resources, pursue spontaneous, stimulating, even if frivolous paths https://t.co/7UaKWQquB4

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

Was pretty happy a few weeks back, to come across the first review of my book - 'a moving and unsettling depiction of marginalised ways of life' - by Katherine Fletcher in the Australian Journal Of Anthropology

https://t.co/rhfPRWJgnE

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

Ambika Aiyadurai again gathering together what looks like to be a wonderful set of papers exploring human-animal relations in marginalized societies of South Asia, especially of Dalits and Tribals. Looking forward to reading this

https://t.co/SBYFVelABY

[Kaushik Barua @Airawat]

@LahkarBibhuti receives the prestigious Mark Shand Elephant Conservation Award on behalf of Aaranyak's Elephant Research and Conservation Division.
Congratulations Team @aaranyak.
Well deserved.
@elephantfamily @britishasiantst
@himantabiswa @cmpatowary
@IUCN_AsESG @assamforest

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

The excellent Tereza Stöckelová up next in our seminar series on May 6

Register here:

https://t.co/dKwrp5pyXg

[Kaushik Barua @Airawat]

The concrete just got load tested.
#Mirza #Guwahati #Assam
#Elephants

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

Really wonderful hosts, great questions, the kind I want to explore more (reciprocally and beyond the frame of my book). Also a reminder of how close to my heart mind, other minds, and inter-subjectivity and experience as a human animal topic has been.

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

I'll be chatting with Susan Harris and Anu Pande about my book for their Indian Animal Studies Collective Table Talk series, tomorrow at 15:00 CET.

Looking forward to it!

Register: https://t.co/ybO7x4IECH

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

I'll be chatting with Susan Harris and Anu Pande about my book for their Indian Animal Studies Collective Table Talk series, tomorrow at 15:00 CET.

Looking forward to it!

Register: https://t.co/ybO7x4IECH

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

after a fantastic talk this week, we have another scheduled in 2 weeks as part of our regular seminar series

Tania Murray Li - Thursday March 20

register here - https://t.co/4k75nRGMhF

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

after a fantastic talk this week, we have another scheduled in 2 weeks as part of our regular seminar series

Tania Murray Li - Thursday March 20

register here - https://t.co/4k75nRGMhF

[Thai Train Guide @ThaiTrainGuide]

On the evening of 4th June 1908, a cargo train coming from Nakhon Ratchasima collided with an elephant in Pathum Thani. Three railway employees were killed. The incident made headlines in the French newspaper Le Petit Journal.

#รถไฟไทย #thaitrain #railway #trains #Thailand #rail

[Rituparna Patgiri @Rituparna37]

Spoke to @pgkeil on The Presence of Elephants: Shared Lives and Landscapes in Assam for @NewBooksNetwork. It is an ethnography of coexistence, grounded in people’s everyday interactions with Asian elephants.
@NewBooksAnthro @NewBooksSoc

https://t.co/S9jiX8x4qN

[Paul Keil @pgkeil]

Looking forward to this one with @GarethEnticott

Register here: https://t.co/P6tKuEkb9L

[Kaushik Barua @Airawat]

Lost in the lore of the wilderness is the story of @manasnptr Kalachand Sarkar, the second civilian and also the second forester to have been awarded the Shaurya Chakra, the country's third highest gallantry award.
@CMOfficeAssam @cmpatowary
@assamforest