Do Not Feed the Animals?
An exploration of how humans and animals live together
People all over the world feed animals every day, whether caring for pets or livestock, for conservation, for fun, or by accident.
But what happens when so many people feed so many animals for so long? What happens to the people, to the animals, and the environment?
Do Not Feed the Animals? explores questions of human and animal lives through objects from across the University of Reading’s Museums and Special Collections. It will also include modern artworks created through collaborations of Feeding Animals, artists Rebecca Jewell and Sandy Ross Sykes, visitors, and project partners.
Project information
Do Not Feed the Animals? is a Wellcome Trust funded collaboration of the University of Reading, University of Exeter, and University of Roehampton, with National Museums Scotland. Key partners include The MERL, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, British Trust for Ornithology, Fishbourne Roman Palace, and The Powell-Cotton Museum. Additional PhD research work is funded by South, West and Wales Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership.
