News
‘Killing’ trees: How true environmental protection requires a revolution in how we talk about, and with, our forests
Sarah’s article in the online magazine The Conversation. more >
Sensory Acts: More Than Human Communication in the Circumpolar North
Call for PhD Studies Opportunity and information about this 5-year SSHRC research project. Deadline December 1, 2023. more >
Upcoming / Past Talks + Film Screenings
Talks and interviews based in Sarah’s research involving the sentient relations of trees, sentient ecologies, nonhuman knowing, eco-empathy, public/multispecies ethnography, Indigenous perspectives, plant science, interspecies communication, the climate crisis, and screenings of Sarah’s films. more >
gestures toward Plant Vision
A short cinematic meditation by Sarah Abbott inviting consideration of perception in vegetal beings. more >
Engaging Climate Change Class
Information, awards and public offerings associated with the course “Engaging Climate Change: Creativity, Community, Intervention” initiated, developed, and taught by Sarah at the University of Regina. more >
Tree Knowing: Ethnographic Encounters, Sensuous Scholarship, Relational Ontologies, and Environmental Empathy
Abstract and open access link to Dr. Sarah Abbott’s Doctorate of Social Sciences dissertation. more >
Toward a New Way of Being with Plants
Talks by Sarah and many others for this June 2021 online conference are freely available online. more >
“Approaching Nonhuman Ontologies: Trees, Communication, and Qualitative Inquiry”
Sarah’s first academic journal article, published in Qualitative Inquiry and available to the public as open access through Sage Choice. more >
“If a Tree Falls… Perspectives on Sentience”
Sarah Abbott and Simon Leadbeater’s co-authored chapter, “If a Tree Falls… Perspectives on Sentience,” published in Evolving the Forest, edited by Richard Povall, Simon Lloyd & Jeremy Ralph. more >
“Filming with Nonhumans”
Sarah’s first solo book chapter, “Filming with Nonhumans,” published in editor Phillip Vannini’s The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnographic Film and Video. more >
Field Trip: Changing the Climate
A public online event and video featuring students sharing some of their work from Sarah’s multidisciplinary Winter 2020 class dedicated to climate change at the University of Regina. more >
“Academics Writing for a Broader Public Audience”
Sarah Abbott and Philip Vannini’s co-written book chapter, “Academics Writing for a Broader Public Audience,” published in editor Patricia Leavy’s The Handbook of Arts-Based Research. more >
Website Growing
Sarah’s website continues to be expanded with new and older content added and updated. more >
“After the Fine Cut: Disseminating Video-based Research”
Sarah Abbott and Phillip Vannini’s co-written book chapter “After the Fine Cut: Disseminating Video-based Research” in The Craft of Qualitative Research: A Handbook, edited by Steven W. Kleinknecht, Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott, and Carrie B. more >
“Going Public: The Reach and Impact of Ethnographic Research,”
Sarah Abbott and Philip Vannini’s co-written chapter, “Going public: The reach and impact of ethnographic research,” published in The Handbook of Arts-Based Research edited by Patricia Leavy. more >