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EFC Lecture: Mary Trachsel - Going Feral: Animal Studies Scholarship in Retirement and Retrospect
Feb 20, 2025
04:00 PM
210 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52240
This lecture traces Professor Trachsel's studies on cross-species communication from analyses of ape language research in the early 2000’s to investigation of other interspecies language types, such as horse whispering and the telepathy professed by animal communicators. Her current research on human-wild animal relationships has entailed wolf-tracking in Yellowstone, a “women and wolves” workshop in the Boundary Waters, observation of feral horses out west, and visits to wildlife "encounter" sites. She considers "going feral" a metaphor for her life in retirement.
~ Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council and the Office of the Provost ~
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