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RePain

Reading Pain: Cultural Conceptions of Animal Suffering

Timetable: 01.01.2025- 31.12.2027

Project status: Active

Principal Investigator

Schuurman, Nora

Unit

History and Archaelogy

Funders: Vetenskapsrådet

Project budget: 100 000€ - 150 000€

Project external partners: Tukholman yliopisto, Mälardalen yliopisto

Strategic research and education profiles: Luonnon monimuotoisuus ja kestävyys

Sustainable development goals: Maanpäällinen elämä; Terveyttä ja hyvinvointia; Yhteisö ja kumppanuus

Keywords

animal health care
human-animal relations
imaginaries
companion animals

Summary: This project analyzes conflicting perspectives on animal pain within human–animal relationships from the 1970s until today by examining popular books, both fiction and nonfiction, published in the anglophone world.