Of Species and Guardians. Protection within the Law and Beyond

Muséum national d’histoire naturelle
Campus Buffon, Jardin des Plantes, Paris 5

programme

Monday, May 19 
Amphithéâtre Rouelle, entrance via 57 rue Cuvier, Paris 5

10am–5pm: Of Species

• 10am–12pm

Thomas Grillot, CNRS, IHTP
The Multiple territories of an iconic species: the jaguar in the Southwestern United States (1997-2025)
Discussant : Pia Bailleul, SciencesPo, CERI

Daniela Berti, CNRS, PALOC, and Ritwick Dutta, LIFE, Doughty Street Chambers
High voltage lines and the future of an iconic bird in India
Discussant : Matthieu Salpeteur, IRD, PALOC

• 2pm–5pm

Anthony Good, University of Edinburgh
‘Lynx bombing’ in the Scottish Highlands
Discussant : Aurélien Bouayad, MNHN, PALOC 

Thorsten Gieser, Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
Protecting wolves, maintaining ‘sentiments of justice’: how animal activists fight e/affectively for wolves in and out of court in Germany 
Discussant : Vanessa Manceron, CNRS, LESC

Frédéric Landy, University of Paris Nanterre, LAVUE
The Mosquito as an iconic villain species in Singapore
Discussant : Frédérick Keck, CNRS, LAS

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Tuesday, May 20 
Salle d’Entomologie, Entrance via 45 rue Buffon, Paris 5

10am–5 pm: Of Guardians

• 10am–12pm :

Carolina Angel Botero, University of Minnesota
Insights from an Andean cat at court: challenging land and water ownership through the cat’s habitat in Chile
Discussant : Claire Duboscq, SciencesPo, CERI 

Manon Deguet, CERI
The Strategic use of the notion of ‘guardian’ in Lake Titicaca region (Peru, Bolivia)
Discussant : Pierre Brunet, Université La Sorbonne

• 2 pm–5pm

Thomas Fabre, University Paris-Est, and Julian Purrmann, University of Basel
Guarding the Mar Menor. From geosocial conflicts in the politicisation of the lagoon to the emergence of the Mar Menor’s legal personality
Discussant : Sandrine Revet, SciencesPo, CERI

Giovanni Gugg, University of Naples
Performance and ritualization of authority: animal guards between symbolism and control
Discussant : David Picherit, CNRS, LESC

Satya Ambasta, Researcher, and Adam Runacres, PhD, Researcher
Guiding Nature, guarding nature. The disciplining of safari guides in Central India
Discussant : Sarah Benabou, IRD, PALOC