School of Social and Political Science

Yixuan Li

PhD Student

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Y.Li-530@sms.ed.ac.uk

Research interests

Gender, Feminism and Sexuality Methods Science, knowledge and policy Science, technology and innovation Technology and material culture

Actor-Network Theory, Daily/Everyday/Ordinary Life, Emotions, Time, Space, Body, Posthuman

My Research:

Inspired by my cat, Bruno Latour and science fiction movies, I'm trying to develop a new ANT-ish paradigm to research relationships among humans and non-humans in families. 

Background

Prior Education:

2011-2015 Bachelor of Management, Accounting, Hainan University, China

2020-2022 Master of Science in Asia Pacific Studies, Society and Culture Division, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan

 

Publication:

Li, Y. (2024). What are Dogs? From Species Thinking to Species Stories. Society & Animals (published online ahead of print 2024). https://doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10228

Li, Y. (2025). Review: S. E. Wilmer and Audrone Žukauskaitė (eds.) ‘Life In The Posthuman Condition: Critical Responses to the Anthropocene‘. Theory, Culture & Society | Global Public Life. https://www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/review-wilmer-zukauskaite-lif…

 

Funding:

2024 Tweedie Research Fellowship

 

Works within

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