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Raccoons inhabit a world between. They have features that are very human:
their little paws, their behaviour. But their eyes are the eyes of an
animal, and they’re inscrutable. They sit up and look human with these
animal faces. Their behaviour — they don’t run away in the same ways that
other animals do from us. They’re drawn to novelty, rather than repelled by
it. So in all of these different ways, they sit between categories of
comfort for us. That’s what fascinates me, but I think that’s partly what
puts in some danger with a lot of humans.
Daniel Heath Justice is a
Colorado-born citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He is Professor of Critical Indigenous
Studies and English at the University of British Columbia. His published work
is largely in the areas of Indigenous literary studies, Indigenous Studies,
and animal cultural history, including the recent Why Indigenous Literatures
Matter and Raccoon, and,
with co-editor Jean M. O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe), the forthcoming
Allotment Stories: Indigenous Land Relations under Settler
Siege.
To round off their Animal
cluster, Suzanne and Chris
talk with Daniel about raccoons, badgers, and other animals, both in the real
world and in literature.
Show Notes.
Some of Daniel’s books: Raccoon;
Badger; Why Indigenous Literatures
Matter.
Reaktion Books’ Animal series.
Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows.
L. Frank Baum: The Wizard of Oz books.
Our episodes on Charlotte’s Web and
The Fellowship of the Ring.
Megaphonic’s Lord of the Rings podcast, By-The-Bywater, will be talking about eagles
in their next episode.
Bartholomeus Anglicus:
De proprietatibus
rerum.
(The section on the
badger.)
Rachel Poliquin: Beaver.
An article from The Star about Toronto’s raccoons and green
bins.
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Raccoons inhabit a world between. They have features that are very human:
their little paws, their behaviour. But their eyes are the eyes of an
animal, and they’re inscrutable. They sit up and look human with these
animal faces. Their behaviour — they don’t run away in the same ways that
other animals do from us. They’re drawn to novelty, rather than repelled by
it. So in all of these different ways, they sit between categories of
comfort for us. That’s what fascinates me, but I think that’s partly what
puts in some danger with a lot of humans.
Daniel Heath Justice is a
Colorado-born citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He is Professor of Critical Indigenous
Studies and English at the University of British Columbia. His published work
is largely in the areas of Indigenous literary studies, Indigenous Studies,
and animal cultural history, including the recent Why Indigenous Literatures
Matter and Raccoon, and,
with co-editor Jean M. O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe), the forthcoming
Allotment Stories: Indigenous Land Relations under Settler
Siege.
To round off their Animal
cluster, Suzanne and Chris
talk with Daniel about raccoons, badgers, and other animals, both in the real
world and in literature.
Show Notes.
Some of Daniel’s books: Raccoon;
Badger; Why Indigenous Literatures
Matter.
Reaktion Books’ Animal series.
Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows.
L. Frank Baum: The Wizard of Oz books.
Our episodes on Charlotte’s Web and
The Fellowship of the Ring.
Megaphonic’s Lord of the Rings podcast, By-The-Bywater, will be talking about eagles
in their next episode.
Bartholomeus Anglicus:
De proprietatibus
rerum.
(The section on the
badger.)
Rachel Poliquin: Beaver.
An article from The Star about Toronto’s raccoons and green
bins.
Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon.
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