An academic initiative dedicated to building strong multispecies communities through science, the arts, and public engagement.
Multispecies Community
/ˌmʌltiˈspiːʃiːz kəˈmjuːnɪti/ noun
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ABOUT US
The All Animals Initiative for Multispecies Community Building is a centralized network of scientists, artists, students, and educators collaborating to empower and connect multispecies communities around the globe.
Through rigorous scholarship, creative practice, and public engagement, our “Living Laboratory” based at the NYU Washington Square campus seeks to generate new knowledge about how multispecies communities function. By improving our understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of living in healthy and strongly connected multispecies communities, our work engages with questions about the hidden complexity of animal lives, interspecies social relationships, animal welfare, environmental protection, and our sense of shared belonging.
To explore the scholarship behind AAI, please visit the WATR-lab website for more information about the research group that serves as the foundation to our work.
STEERING COMMITTEE
beccafranks@nyu.edu | Becca's Research
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at NYU, director of WATR-lab, co-director of the Wild Animal Welfare Program. Franks is an animal welfare scientist working with an environmental studies lens.
BECCA FRANKS
CAROL OURIVIO
Skilled communicator, avid birder, and novice researcher. She is a member of WATR-lab and is interested in producing work that highlights how nonhuman animals experience their lives. Leads I BIRD NYU.
Visual artist, writer, and researcher. Their work explores multispecies entanglement and the ways in which empathy and connection can be rooted in art-making, more-than-human collaboration, and acts of the imagination.
EMMA BAUTISTA
Animal welfare scientist, program manager, and grant writer. An experienced leader and scholar, her work is guided by data and driven by compassion–asking questions that move humans back into multispecies communities.
LAURI TORGERSON WHITE
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