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“Going Public: The Reach and Impact of Ethnographic and Academic Research”
Sarah Abbott and Philip Vannini’s revised co-authored chapter, “Going public: The reach and impact of ethnographic and academic research,” for the second edition of The Handbook of Arts-Based Research edited by Patricia Leavy. more >
gestures toward Plant Vision
A short cinematic meditation by Sarah Abbott inviting consideration of perception in vegetal beings. 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 >
‘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 >
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 >
Academics for Climate Community Lecture Series
Lecture series dedicated to sharing academic knowledge on climate change with the public, organised by Sarah Abbott, Britt Hall, and Sean Tucker at the University of Regina. Lecture video recordings available on YouTube. 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 other plant-forward speakers 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 chapter, “Academics Writing for a Broader Public Audience,” published in editor Patricia Leavy’s The Oxford Handbook of Methods for Public Scholarship. 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 >