Not Tame Enough
"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











