Clemens Wischermann's scientific contributions

... The discussion on public goods and NBSs focuses on the possible space to introduce suitable and unconventional solutions to tackle emerging societal needs in society and how to foster their use to reduce disparities and problematic environmental impacts. At the same time, the debate on NBSs mainly focuses on green/plant-based solutions without considering the possible role of animals, although the presence of animals in cities has a historical role [21,22]. ...

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Animals and Cities: A Reflection on Their Potential in Innovating Nature-Based Solutions

... Secondly, and more importantly for the purposes of this article, is the liminality experienced by the animal protagonist Hanım. Although originally used to describe the human condition, liminality could be utilized to explain animals as well (Fox & Ray, 2019;Wischermann & Howell, 2018). Domestic animals, in their life trajectories, may move between different categories (Coppinger & Coppinger, 2016, p. 154;Wischermann & Howell, 2018, p. 8), as illustrated in the film through Hanım's liminal position pertaining to her personhood, which manifests itself spatially. ...

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Interspecies Liminality on the Edge of Life: Human-Animal Companionship in Madame (1989) [Yaşamın Kıyısında Türler Arası Eşiktelik: Hanım’da (1989) İnsan-Hayvan Yoldaşlığı]

... With regard to this animal-centered perspective on economic aspects of colonialism, we can link Morenga to current historical studies, which focus on the agency of nonhuman 'others' in historical processes. By characterizing the oxen as actors and, in general, as an important part of colonization, the novel reflects and anticipates the findings of an 'animate history' that questions the common position that animals are solely objects of history and its interpretations (see [21], p. 10). While most research firstly refers to the human parties that are involved in colonial experiences, German historian Gesine Krüger, in turn, underlines that the discourse has to be open to nonhuman animals for several reasons: ...

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An Animal-Centered Perspective on Colonial Oppression: Animal Representations and the Narrating Ox in Uwe Timm’s ‘‘Morenga’’ (1978)