Homing : On Pigeons, Dwellings, and Why We Return
- Submitting institution
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King's College London
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 112391638
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- John Murray
- ISBN
- 9781473635401
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This substantial work of creative non-fiction required me to engage with a range of theoretical disciplines – biology, cultural history, philosophy and psychology – and diverse practical skills (pigeon-racing; animal husbandry; ethnographic research). Over a number of years I conducted different forms of fieldwork – interviews, pigeon training flights, immersive participatory research – and engaged deeply with a diverse range of literary traditions and genres: nature writing, scientific research on the mechanisms of animal homing, psychoanalytical and theoretical writing.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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