Animals and Technology

How does technology influence the human-non human animal relationship?

One of my favourite research strands explores how technology moderates and influences our relationship with animals

The human-non human animal relationship is complex and multifaceted, spanning a huge range of species, contexts, and cultures. Often, interactions between humans and animals are moderated in some way by technology. How we talk about, use, and feature animals in online contexts, and how technology can facilitate human-animal interactions, is a fascinating topic, and one I love to research.

This project page collects all the publications, talks, and resources that I have collated in this area. If you are interested in this field, please do reach out to talk to me

Publications

You can find publications associated with this project here

Note

The featured image on this page was created by Google’s ‘Pixel Create’ studio, a Generative AI image generator bundled on Google Pixel phones. I am generally against the use of AI generated images, but this was generated as part of a project in this research strand, and hence I am including it here. I have very mixed feelings about its inclusion.

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