02-05 The Interspecies Folklore of Humans and Other Animals

Thursday, November 02, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
Studio Suite

This live event will not be recorded.


Chair: Tok Thompson (University of Southern California)

10:30 am
The Lion and the Mouse (ATU 156): Compassion as a Trans-special Rhetoric
Tok Thompson (University of Southern California)

11:00 am
Children of the Abyss: Non-Human Lineages and ‘Spirit’ Genealogies in an Indigenous Himalayan Community
Claire S. Scheid ()

11:30 am
Sympathetic Magic and Dog Cloning
Denise L. McKeown (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

12:00 pm
optional discussion time

Assembled Panel