List of Sarah’s publications: peer reviewed and public writing.
Journal Articles (peer reviewed)
Abbott, S. (2021). Approaching nonhuman ontologies: Trees, communication, and qualitative inquiry. Qualitative Inquiry, 27(8-9): 1059-1071.
(Open Access through Sage Choice thanks to the Canadian Knowledge Research Network)
Academic Book Chapters (peer reviewed)
Abbott, S. & Vannini, P. (2025). Going public: The reach and impact of ethnographic and academic research. In P. Leavy (Ed.), Handbook of Arts-based Research (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Abbott, S. (2020). Filming with nonhumans. In Vannini, P. (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnographic Film and Video, (pp. 224-233). London, UK: Routledge.
Abbott, S. & Leadbeater, S. (2020). If a tree falls… Perspectives on sentience. In Povall, R. Lloyd, S. and Ralph, J. (Eds.) Evolving the Forest (pp. 175-182). Kingsbridge, UK: art.earth.
Vannini, P. & Abbott S. (2019). Academics writing for a broader public audience. In Leavy, P. (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Methods for Public Scholarship (pp. 603-622). New York: Oxford University Press.
Abbott, S. & Vannini, P. (2019). After the fine cut: Disseminating video-based research. In Kleinknecht, S.W., van den Scott, L.K., and Sanders, C.B. (Eds.), The Craft of Qualitative Research: A Handbook (pp. 358–364). Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.
Vannini, P. & Abbott, S. (2018). Going public: The reach and impact of ethnographic research. In Leavy, P. (Ed.), Handbook of Arts-based Research (pp. 689-704). New York: Guilford Press.
Special Issue Academic Journal Editing (peer reviewed)
Wijngaarden, V., Abbott, S.& Mathur-Balendra, A. (in progress, 2026). Intuitive Interspecies Communication and Multispecies Ethnography: Re-searching Dialogue and Knowledge beyond the Human. Journal of Organizational Ethnography Special Issue.
Doctoral Dissertation
Abbott, S. (2021). Tree knowing: Ethnographic encounters, sensuous scholarship, relational ontologies, and environmental empathy. [Doctoral dissertation, Royal Roads University]. DSpace@RRU.
Abbott, S. J. (2021). Tree knowing: Ethnographic encounters, sensuous scholarship, relational ontologies, and environmental empathy (Order No. 28645037). [Doctoral dissertation]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2562263072).
Journalistic Writing
Abbott, S. (2023, October 29). ‘Killing’ trees: How true environmental protection requires a revolution in how we talk about, and with, our forests. The Conversation.
Non-academic Writing
Abbott, S. (2007, November). The last fish. At the MacKenzie. MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina.
Abbott, S. (2006, November). Heading south (vers le sud). Briarpatch Magazine, 35(7) [film review]
Abbott, S. & Wihak, M. (2003, March 15). Lives lived: Thomas David Berner. The Globe and Mail.
Abbott, S. (2003, May) Some physiological effects of film and digital video making.” Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto newsletter, 23(2).
Abbott, S. (2003). Notes for The Light in our Lizard Bellies. The Journal of Film and Video, 54(1). University Film and Video Association. [Special Edition Compilation DVD]
Abbott, S. (2001). Ear stones. In Sandlos, K. & Hoolboom, M. (Eds.) Landscape with shipwreck: First person cinema and the films of Philip Hoffman. Toronto: Images Festival and Insomniac Press.
Abbott, S. (2001). Untitled article on how to cut your film negative. In Hill, H. (ed) Recipes for disaster: A handcrafted film cookbooklet. Louisiana: Helen Hill.
Abbott, S. (1997, June). Give the people what they want. Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto Newsletter, 17(3). [Inside Out Lesbian & Gay Film Festival review]
Abbott, S. (1996, June). So, are your parents coming? Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto Newsletter, 16(3). [Images Film & Video Festival review]
HEADER IMAGE: Opening poem written and read by Sarah Abbott for her film The Light in Our Lizard Bellies (Canada, 1999, 8:00); an image of Sarah’s handwritten poem is part of a photographic collection of frames from the film’s outtakes.
