Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl

Feminist anthropologist/environmental humanities scholar "Hedgehogs Killing & Kindness" with MIT Press open access (free to read!)

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

@TrainLinkSouth Hi Sean! Is Bondi junction to coalcliff running okay today? (I'm looking to arrive by 2pm) - I saw there was some warning/emergency?

[The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress]

How our relationship to hedgehogs reveals the complex interactions between culture, technology, bodies, conservation, and care for other animals.

"Hedgehogs, Killing, and Kindness" by @ShadowEcologies is available in paperback and #openaccess: https://t.co/m9XwOipWhc

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

Thrilled to be in the company of the wonderful @hedgehoghugh & his new book "Cull of the Wild" in this week's @NewYorker magazine - particularly as Hugh also makes important appearances in my book - magic! https://t.co/3d6roum299

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

@jamieywang Ah, thank you so much, Jamie! How are you, my friend?

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

@JanePalmer555 @mitpress @barnesandnoble Aw, thanks so much, Jane!!

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

The cover is final - thank you wonderful @MITPress folks! Still a month to official release, but for US-based folks, @BarnesandNoble are offering a 25% discount for members for the next couple of days. Details below. And more on #hedgeghogs #care & #contradictions to come!

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

@SophieIHolland @mitpress @barnesandnoble Aw, thanks Sophie!! And I see you are back in Oz - also so exciting!!

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

@jamieywang Aw Jamie that's so lovely - thank you!! I'm the US on fieldwork at the moment, but back to Sydney in a month or so. How are you doing, dear one?!

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25% Off Pre-orders for Barnes & Noble Members for the next two days (ending US 19 April) with free shipping).

Coupon code: PREORDER25 #BNPreorder

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#MoreThanHumanEthnography #MultispeciesEthnography #EnvironmentalHumanities #Anthropology #Conservation

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

This makes me so happy...

[Auke-Florian @AukeFlorian]

Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes! 🤯 Even for me as a nest researcher, these are the craziest bird nests I've ever seen. Today my paper came out on this rebellious behaviour. And it's like telling a joke...

A thread. 🧵

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

For hedgehogs who may be enjoying the long grass grown as part of 'No mow May', here's hoping for a 'Gently does it' June as people return to cutting grass...

Or maybe it could be a 'Just let the grass grow' June?

[Hendrik Spiering @hendrikspiering]

Oh, het eeuwig treurige lot der egels! "The hedgehogs are having a nice time in the long grass - then they get chopped to bits"
Over de diepe rol van droefheid in egelbescherming schreef @ShadowEcologies in 2017 het prachtige "Sadness and the noir of urban hedgehog conservation"

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

@OwenJHurcum wow this is so amazingly cool and necessary--what's the best way to follow your work @OwenJHurcum ? I'm so hoping there will be some kind of blog? (I'm too impatient to wait for the official publications of this project! (also, tagging you @morss_alex !)

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

@AstridaNeimanis @bicycleuser @SueReid24 wow, fantastic!!

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

@profemmakowal @deakinresearch @CosmosMagazine @Deakin_ADI @SSNDeakin woo hoo, amazing, Emma, and so well deserved!! :D

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@GretchenMedia Amazing Gretchen, and so deserved - woo hoo!!

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

Amazing work @GretchenMedia on an amazing thesis bringing to light vital stories of the lived reality of more-than-human care work - incredible stuff!! :D

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

@AstridaNeimanis @bicycleuser You were so missed, Astrida! We invoked your name so many times it felt odd that you didn't somehow materialize... The pull was strong!!😅

[Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl @ShadowEcologies]

Who we connect with (and how) matters!

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