In this episode Herre de Bondt discusses Singapore’s metropolitan macaques and how they use the city and its waste as a valuable resource that is not only important for their survival but contributes to the design of the city.

Recorded: 15 May 2024.

 Featured: 

• Purity and Danger by Mary Douglas
• Catastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore by Barry W. Brook et al. 
• Characterizing human–macaque interactions in Singapore by Agustín Fuentes et al. 
• Macaque–human interactions and the societal perceptions of macaques in Singapore by John Chih Mun Sha et al. 
• Macaque too smart for anti-pilferage bin on The Dire Straits. 
• Macaquess high rise robbery on Tik Tok. 
• Waste is not “matter out of place” by Max Liboiron
• Monkeys at Northshore Drive on You Tube. 
• Waste, environmental politics and dis/engaged publics by Myra J Hird

Credits:

• Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host 
• Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editor
• Christiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer 
• Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)
• Gordon Clarke, bed music composer
• Learn more about the team here. 

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