Welcome to the FIDO Lab
The FIDO lab focuses on human-animal connection, with an emphasis on kin networks which include both dogs and humans. The lab has four primary goals:
- To take dogs seriously as sentient, agentic beings who meaningfully contribute to family and community life.
- To challenge anthropocentrism by striving to take the experiences of dogs in human-dog interactions just as seriously as those of humans
- To contribute to methodological advancement in multispecies research in ways which make non-human animals more present in social science research
- To explore the potential of engagement with arts-based, posthumanist, and postqualitative methods for improving dog-human relationships
What is multispecies research?
Multispecies research centers relationships within and between species, with the main focus to promote flourishing in and between species.
What is posthuman research?
Posthuman research aims to decenter humans, and understand how we can flourish together in a world of non-human animals, technology, and organic matter.
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