COLLABORATIONS
River Tone / Risks Beyond Human Eyes
River Tone / Risks Beyond Human Eyes
River Tone / Risks Beyond Human Eyes
More-than-human methods for nature-centred systemic risk
More-than-human methods for nature-centred systemic risk
Risks Beyond Human Eyes explored systemic risk along the River Tone in Somerset by starting from the sensory worlds, needs and vulnerabilities of the animals that inhabit it.
Risks Beyond Human Eyes explored systemic risk along the River Tone in Somerset by starting from the sensory worlds, needs and vulnerabilities of the animals that inhabit it.
Risks Beyond Human Eyes explored systemic risk along the River Tone in Somerset by starting from the sensory worlds, needs and vulnerabilities of the animals that inhabit it.
For this collaboration, More Than Human Lens, provided the methodological framework and its adaptation to field research.
For this collaboration, More Than Human Lens, provided the methodological framework and its adaptation to field research.
For this collaboration, More Than Human Lens, provided the methodological framework and its adaptation to field research.
Working with ASRA and UWE Bristol, Patricia and Miguel developed ways for participants to investigate the river alongside five animal collaborators: otter, Atlantic salmon, kestrel, red deer and earthworm.
Working with ASRA and UWE Bristol, Patricia and Miguel developed ways for participants to investigate the river alongside five animal collaborators: otter, Atlantic salmon, kestrel, red deer and earthworm.
Rather than treating other species as environmental variables or objects of observation, the research asked what becomes perceptible when risk is approached from within the conditions of another animal’s life.
Rather than treating other species as environmental variables or objects of observation, the research asked what becomes perceptible when risk is approached from within the conditions of another animal’s life.
The work combined scientific knowledge, situated observation and speculative exercises to identify forms of disturbance, dependency and vulnerability that conventional human-centred accounts can overlook.
The work combined scientific knowledge, situated observation and speculative exercises to identify forms of disturbance, dependency and vulnerability that conventional human-centred accounts can overlook.
RIVER TONE PROJECT IMAGE — TO BE REPLACED WITH FIELD PHOTOGRAPHY
RIVER TONE PROJECT IMAGE — TO BE REPLACED WITH FIELD PHOTOGRAPHY
In the press
In the press
Animal Collaboration Guide
Animal Collaboration Guide
Animal Collaboration Guide
Learning to collaborate across species
Learning to collaborate across species
The Animal Collaboration Guide (ACG) was developed for the River Tone fieldwork as an adaptation of the methodology first established in the More Than Human Lens Toolkit.
The Animal Collaboration Guide (ACG) was developed for the River Tone fieldwork as an adaptation of the methodology first established in the More Than Human Lens Toolkit.
It offers a structured way to form a relation of kinship with a non-human animal while preserving the differences between human and animal experience.
It offers a structured way to form a relation of kinship with a non-human animal while preserving the differences between human and animal experience.
The guide combines scientific research from ethology and ecology with speculative and situated exercises. Participants learn how an animal senses its surroundings, what it depends upon, how it moves through a landscape and what may constitute risk from within its particular form of life.
The guide combines scientific research from ethology and ecology with speculative and situated exercises. Participants learn how an animal senses its surroundings, what it depends upon, how it moves through a landscape and what may constitute risk from within its particular form of life.
The aim is not to pretend to become another animal. It is to unsettle habitual human assumptions and cultivate forms of attention through which otherwise overlooked relations and risks can become perceptible.
The aim is not to pretend to become another animal. It is to unsettle habitual human assumptions and cultivate forms of attention through which otherwise overlooked relations and risks can become perceptible.
ACG FRONT COVER — ORIGINAL IMAGE
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Fraga Pérez, P., Deacon, T., Tovey, P. & Prado Casanova, M. (2026). Animal Collaboration Guide (v1.0.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20624201
Fraga Pérez, P., Deacon, T., Tovey, P. & Prado Casanova, M. (2026). Animal Collaboration Guide (v1.0.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20624201
Fraga Pérez, P., Deacon, T., Tovey, P. & Prado Casanova, M. (2026). Animal Collaboration Guide (v1.0.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20624201
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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More Than Human Lens Toolkit Fraga Pérez, P. and Prado Casanova, M. (2024) Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Cite: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20626432
More Than Human Lens Toolkit Fraga Pérez, P. and Prado Casanova, M. (2024) Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Cite: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20626432
More Than Human Lens Toolkit Fraga Pérez, P. and Prado Casanova, M. (2024) Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Cite: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20626432