Daphne Brouwer

Daphne Brouwer has a PhD in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University. Daily inspired by encounters with the (sub)urban wildlife around her, Daphne analyzes how liminal animals are perceived in different societies and cultures. She is interested in particular in why certain animals are excluded through stigmatizing perceptions such as “pests”, how these stigmatizing perceptions can be challenged, and how we can learn from the diverse traditions of co-existence in other cultures. Daphne is also part of the research group on animal cruelty investigations — led by Kendra Coulter and Amy Fitzgerald — as the main researcher on animal cruelty investigations in the Netherlands.