The Presence of Elephants
The Presence of Elephants
Mon Mar 17 13:22:30 CET 2025
Book release by Paul Keil
The Presence of Elephants: Sharing lives and landscapes in Assam, written by Paul Keil of the Department of ecological anthropology, was released by Routledge, late 2024. The book is an ethnography of interspecies copresence, and an examination of the mundane and multifaceted aspects of living alongside a community of elephants. The text explores how minds, tasks, identities, and place are shared between these two species, and the nuanced and complex ways by which people's lives are vulnerable to these formidable more-than-human beings.
Following the book's launch, Paul has been invited to give several talks and interviews, some of which can be accessed online via the links below:
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Vulnerability: A reflection on methods and concepts of coexistence - Seminar given for the Coexistence Consortium, a consortium of ecologists, anthropologists, geographers and conservationists with extensive knowledge and experience in human-wildlife coexistence who have come together to promote the concept of coexistence.
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Paul G. Keil, "The Presence of Elephants: Shared Lives and Landscapes in Assam" (Routledge, 2024) - New Books in Anthropology | Podcast on Spotify - Interview touching upon some key points of the book.
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Table talk with the Indian Animal Studies Collective - part of an interdisciplinary and dynamic interview series engaging animal and human-animal scholars.
