Footnotes
1 John, Kelsey. (2019). Animal Colonialism - Illustrating Intersections between Animal Studies and Settler Colonial Studies through Diné Horsemanship. Humanimalia. 10. 42-68.

Not Tame Enough

Morganna Magee
25/10/2025
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Kangaroos, animal colonialism, and the reimagining of AI ethics
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"Animal colonialism is one interlocking tension that strikes upon conversations of heteropatriarchy, racism, environmental racism, Indigenous erasure, and religious fundamentalism - all forces that connect, intersect, and overlap in complex ways".1 Kelsey Dayle John

Framed through the lens of animal colonialism, a concept articulated by Kalsey Dayle John, Not tame enough (2023-present) contends with how settler-colonial systems have not only governed human bodies and land but also extend their dominion to the entirety of the more-than-human-world. This rethinking of the possible relationships betweeen humans and the more-than-human-world has driven my project Not tame enough to critically and creatively explore the photographic representation of kangaroos, both symbolic and literal figures within Australian visual and cultural identity...Read the full article in the printed issue. Get OVER Journal 4

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About
Morganna Magee
Morganna Magee is based in Melbourne, Australia, living and working on the unceded land of the Bunurong/ Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nations, on the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges. Her practice explores human relations to the more-than-human-world using traditional photographic practices in non-traditional ways. She is the Major Discipline Co-ordinator for Photo Media at Swinburne University of Technology and volunteers with Vets for Compassion. Her work has been awarded and exhibited both nationally and internationally, recognised by institutions such as The British Journal of Photography, The National Portrait Gallery Australia, Miami Art Week, and Photo Espãna. In 2022, her debut monograph, published with Tall Poppy Press, "Extraordinary Experiences," was nominated for Australian Photobook of the Year. Morganna joined Tall Poppy Press with Matt Dunne and has since published "Beware of People Who Dislike Cats" in 2023. In addition, "Phenomena", a collaboration with Italian publishing house Origini Edizioni, was launched at Polycopies, 2023.
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Footnotes
1 John, Kelsey. (2019). Animal Colonialism - Illustrating Intersections between Animal Studies and Settler Colonial Studies through Diné Horsemanship. Humanimalia. 10. 42-68.