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Associate Professor Natasha Fijn is the Director of the Australian National University’s Mongolia Institute, focusing on the intersection of anthropology, environmental humanities, and multispecies studies. Awarded a mid-career Australian Research Council Future Fellowship, Fijn conducts ongoing research on the 'A Multi-species Anthropological Approach to Influenza' from 2022 to 2026, specifically in Mongolia. Previously, she was part of an ARC Discovery team project aimed at transferring Mongolian medicinal knowledge, focusing on the prevention and healing practices among Mongolian herding families. Fijn has written a seminal multispecies ethnography titled 'Living Herds: Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia' (2011) and is noted for her work in visual anthropology and ethnographic filmmaking. She has co-edited volumes on sensory and visual anthropology, highlighting the importance of animal studies and ecological relationships. Her research interests are broad, encompassing multispecies ethnography, sensory anthropology, animal domestication, and traditional ecological knowledge, with a particular emphasis on Mongolia and Inner Asia. Fijn has also participated in various projects related to Mongolian medicine and multispecies knowledge transmission. Her extensive field research includes work in remote regions of Mongolia and northern Australia.
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