Antarctic Animal Atmospheres: An Environmental History of Bird Island

我建议研究人类和非人类动物相互作用的方式，并确定它们在南极洲的居住空间。我将研究一个生态空间和人类与非人类动物之间复杂的相互作用，这些相互作用发生在那里。我建议与英国南极调查局进行的长期高级捕食者监测计划（HPMP）合作，在鸟岛进行这项研究。我提出的研究问题是：鸟类岛上信天翁和巴布亚种群所创造和体验的动物环境是什么？随着时间的推移，人类的态度、话语和行为是如何影响这种氛围的？我的目标是把超越人类的地理学和人种学、环境史和鸟类学科学研究带入对话。本研究项目的目的是了解随着时间的推移，南极生物多样性环境内部的关系和对其的影响。通过关注伯德岛上的地方权力关系，本研究旨在为南极治理和科学实践的讨论提供一个新的视角。通过理解人类和非人类动物在生物多样性的南极环境中的角色，本研究将寻求重新构建南极“例外论”的讨论，而不是关注特定生态空间的发展。在此过程中，我将质疑将南极洲定义为“科学大陆”的含义。

I propose to study the way that human and non-human animals have interacted and defined their inhabited spaces inAntarctica. I will examine one ecological space and the complex interactions between human and non-human animalsthat occur there across time. I propose to conduct this research on Bird Island in collaboration with the long-term HighPredator Monitoring Program (HPMP) conducted by the British Antarctic Survey. The research questions I propose are:What is the animal atmosphere created and experienced by albatross and gentoo populations on Bird Island? How havehuman attitudes, discourses and behaviours influenced this atmosphere over time? I aim to bring into conversation thefields of more-than-human geography and ethnography, environmental history and ornithological scientific research. Theobjective of this research project is to understand the relationships within and influences upon a biodiverse Antarcticenvironment over time. By focussing on local power relationships on Bird Island this research will aim to contribute a newperspective to discussions of Antarctic governance and scientific practice. By understanding both human and non-humananimals as actors within a biodiverse Antarctic environment this research will seek to reframe discussions of Antarctic'exceptionalism' to instead focus upon the development of a specific ecological spaces. In doing so, I will question theimplications of defining Antarctica as a 'continent for science'.