Quarantine encounters with digital animals: More-than-human geographies of lockdown life

Turnbull, Jonathon; Searle, Adam; Adams, William M.

Abstract

Quarantine conditions led to the proliferation of digital encounters with nonhuman animals. Here, we explore three prominent forms: creaturely cameos, avatar acquaintances and background birding. These virtual encounters afforded during lockdown life generated novel and affective human–animal relations that could have lasting effects for humans and nonhumans post-quarantine, posing interesting questions for more-than-human scholarship.

Citation

Turnbull, J., Searle, A., & Adams, W. M. (2020). Quarantine encounters with digital animals: More-than-human geographies of lockdown life. Journal of Environmental Media, 1(Supplement 1), 6.1-6.10. https://doi.org/10.1386/jem_00027_1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jul 15, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 17, 2023
• Journal: Journal of Environmental Media
• Print ISSN: 2632-2463
• Electronic ISSN: 2632-2471
• Publisher: Intellect
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: Supplement 1
• Pages: 6.1-6.10
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jem_00027_1
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/23005049
• Publisher URL: https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jem_00027_1