I read these books and I liked them
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Max Liboiron
An incredible methods text and exploration on how explicitly anti-colonial science could be and is being done. Shows how cultural biases are inherently part of all science and even the most meticulously designed studies are not truly “objective.“ Excellent discourse on acknowledging these biases so that we may choose to shift our positioning to do better and more ethical science.
If you read one book off this list, please let it be this one. And then get ahold of me and let’s talk about it.
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Richard Prum
Explores the importance of sexual selection as a major force of evolution, creating space for a reimagining of evolution being more than just a exclusive mirror image of current human cultural values of competition. Beautifully written, fun to read, and also, duck penises.
Please read it!
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Bruce Bagemihl
Animals, it turns out, are queer af and Western science has been trying very hard to explain it away for a very long time.
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Edited by J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson
Essays on the creation of “wilderness” both as cultural construct and physical legal entities. Many viewpoints, curated with thought and care. Crucial to think about in understanding some of the problems in wildlife and wilderness management today.
I also recommend the sequel, The Debate Rages On !
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Banu Subramanian
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Carolyn Finney
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Shawn Wilson
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Silvia Federici
Ok, this one isn’t wildlife/wilderness/natural history related BUT understanding the transition from fuedalism to capitalism and the enclosing of the commons provides crucial context for understanding Cartesian dualism and Western science as the basis for current colonial wildlife research and management.
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Ben Goldfarb
“The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter”
Pop-science at its best. This book certainly changed the way that I look at North American landscapes.
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A Guide to North American Species, 2nd Edition
Mark Elbroch & Casey McFarland
The absolute bible for wildlife tracking in North America. If you are seriously interested in natural history of mammals and knowing what they’re up to out in the field, this is a must-have, and springing for the second edition is 100% worth it.