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Introduction to Special Issue

Figuring the Animal in Post-apartheid South Africa

Wendy Woodward & Erika Lemmer

This special issue, which constitutes the first Human-Animal Studies edited collection in southern Africa, includes vibrant, creative and theoretically far­

ranging articles. Even as these attest to the transdisciplinary nature of Human-Ani1nal Studies (HAS), the influence of such core narratives as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland resonate, with literature anchoring not only the historical research by Sandra Swart included here but also the article and artwork by Wilma Cruise on the figural ani1nal. All the articles in this edition have been gleaned from the HAS colloquia which have their own narrative. Held at the Centre for Hu1nanities Research at the University of the Western Cape, the first colloquiu1n, "Figuring the Ani1nal in Post-Apartheid South Africa" in 2011 was followed by "Animal Vulnerabilities" (2012) before reprising "Figuring the Animal in Post-Apartheid South Africa 11" (2013). This year the the1ne

was "Animal Absence/Animal Presence".

The articles included in this special issue constitute a representative glimpse of the literary, historical and figural debates at these events, but other non-represented discussions also contributed substantially to 1naking the colloquia vibrantly transdisciplinary. Don Pinnock and Adam Cruise delivered papers on effective strategies for elephant activism. Duncan Brown discussed the indigeneity of trout in the postcolony. Sharyn Spicer asked: "What's Race Got to Do with It?" in her investigation into the pet­

keeping practices of a san1ple of township residents. Shirley Brooks and Dayne Botha presented research on a project to locate owls in a nurnber of townships, and critiqued the discrepancy between "discursive constructions and practical consequences". Brooks also co-presented a paper with Mahlatse Moeng on the social-nature divide in relation to flamingos at Kamfers Dain, Kin1berley.

The terms Animal Studies (AS) and Huma n -Ani1nal Studies (HAS) have been used altnost interchangeably in this fairly recent, burgeoning field.

Aaron Gross and Anne Vallely entitle their edited collection Animals and the Hurnan ln1agination: A Companion to Animal Studies (2012), whereas

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