CitiRats Podcast

CitiRats Introduction

CitiRats Podcast Official Podcast of CitiRats -- Citizens with Rats From citizen science toward non-anthropocentric education with young people and difficult urban companions. CitiRats is a research project funded by the Academy of Finland (2020-2024) and based at the University of Oulu, Finland. It combines natural sciences, education and speculative fiction in working with young people. The main objective is to study urban communities as shared between many species and to develop knowledge about sustainable and respectful co-living. Learn more about the CitiRats project and others at: https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/ [https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/] * Produced by Brandon Edwards-Schuth  Music used throughout the series from Pixabay: * Space by lofi zoo * Sunset Vibes by 23843807 * Lost ambient lofi 60s  by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Forest Lullaby by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Elevator music Bossa nova background music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Piano Bar - Cocktail Lounge Music by Julius H. * Lofi chill (medium version) by FASSounds * Good Night by FASSounds Episode Notes and References: * Alberta Rat-Free program [https://www.alberta.ca/albertas-rat-control-program#:~:text=Alberta's%20rat%2Dfree%20status%20means,eradicated%20through%20proven%20control%20methods.] * Rat shares doughnut with fellow rodent on subway tracks in Manhattan [⁠https://youtu.be/kAYAX2GGc7I?si=0ujvotY9CFWEt8k9⁠]WGN NewsOct 28, 2023

CitiRats Phase 1: Scientific

CitiRats Podcast Official Podcast of CitiRats -- Citizens with Rats From citizen science toward non-anthropocentric education with young people and difficult urban companions. CitiRats is a research project funded by the Academy of Finland (2020-2024) and based at the University of Oulu, Finland. It combines natural sciences, education and speculative fiction in working with young people. The main objective is to study urban communities as shared between many species and to develop knowledge about sustainable and respectful co-living. Learn more about the CitiRats project and others at: https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/ [https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/] * Produced by Brandon Edwards-Schuth Music used throughout the series from Pixabay: * Space by lofi zoo * Sunset Vibes by 23843807 * Lost ambient lofi 60s by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Forest Lullaby by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Elevator music Bossa nova background music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Piano Bar - Cocktail Lounge Music by Julius H. * Lofi chill (medium version) by FASSounds * Good Night by FASSounds Episode Notes and References:

CitiRats Phase 2: Ethnographic

CitiRats Podcast Official Podcast of CitiRats -- Citizens with Rats From citizen science toward non-anthropocentric education with young people and difficult urban companions. CitiRats is a research project funded by the Academy of Finland (2020-2024) and based at the University of Oulu, Finland. It combines natural sciences, education and speculative fiction in working with young people. The main objective is to study urban communities as shared between many species and to develop knowledge about sustainable and respectful co-living. Learn more about the CitiRats project and others at: ⁠https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/⁠ [https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/] * Produced by Brandon Edwards-Schuth  Music used throughout the series from Pixabay: * Space by lofi zoo * Sunset Vibes by 23843807 * Lost ambient lofi 60s  by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Forest Lullaby by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Elevator music Bossa nova background music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Piano Bar - Cocktail Lounge Music by Julius H. * Lofi chill (medium version) by FASSounds * Good Night by FASSounds

CitiRats Phase 3: Speculative Fiction

CitiRats Podcast Official Podcast of CitiRats -- Citizens with Rats From citizen science toward non-anthropocentric education with young people and difficult urban companions. CitiRats is a research project funded by the Academy of Finland (2020-2024) and based at the University of Oulu, Finland. It combines natural sciences, education and speculative fiction in working with young people. The main objective is to study urban communities as shared between many species and to develop knowledge about sustainable and respectful co-living. Learn more about the CitiRats project and others at: ⁠⁠https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/⁠⁠ [https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/] * Produced by Brandon Edwards-Schuth  Music used throughout the series from Pixabay: * Space by lofi zoo * Sunset Vibes by 23843807 * Lost ambient lofi 60s  by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Forest Lullaby by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Elevator music Bossa nova background music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Piano Bar - Cocktail Lounge Music by Julius H. * Lofi chill (medium version) by FASSounds * Good Night by FASSounds

CitiRats Researchers Interview and Final Reflections

CitiRats Podcast Official Podcast of CitiRats -- Citizens with Rats From citizen science toward non-anthropocentric education with young people and difficult urban companions. CitiRats is a research project funded by the Academy of Finland (2020-2024) and based at the University of Oulu, Finland. It combines natural sciences, education and speculative fiction in working with young people. The main objective is to study urban communities as shared between many species and to develop knowledge about sustainable and respectful co-living. Learn more about the CitiRats project and others at: ⁠https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/⁠ [https://becominganimate.wordpress.com/] * Produced by Brandon Edwards-Schuth  Music used throughout the series from Pixabay: * Space by lofi zoo * Sunset Vibes by 23843807 * Lost ambient lofi 60s  by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Forest Lullaby by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Elevator music Bossa nova background music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi * Piano Bar - Cocktail Lounge Music by Julius H. * Lofi chill (medium version) by FASSounds * Good Night by FASSounds