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'''Melanie Challenger''' is a writer, researcher and broadcaster on environmental history and philosophy of science, Deputy Co-Chair of the [[Nuffield Council on Bioethics]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuffield Council appoints new members |url=https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news/nuffield-council-appoints-members |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=The Nuffield Council on Bioethics |language=en-gb}}</ref> and a Vice President of the [[RSPCA]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melanie Challenger {{!}} High profile supporter {{!}} RSPCA - RSPCA - rspca.org.uk |url=https://www.rspca.org.uk/whatwedo/whoweare/highprofilesupporters/melaniechallenger |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=RSPCA |language=en-US}}</ref> UK. She wrote ''How to Be Animal: What it Means to Be Human''<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Stuart |date= |title=Book review - How to be Animal |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-how-to-be-animal-by-melanie-challenger-3138373 |access-date=2024-04-26 |work=The Scotsman |language=en-GB |issn=}}</ref> (2021).
'''Melanie Challenger''' is a writer, researcher and broadcaster on environmental history and philosophy of science, Deputy Co-Chair of the [[Nuffield Council on Bioethics]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuffield Council appoints new members |url=https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news/nuffield-council-appoints-members |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=The Nuffield Council on Bioethics |language=en-gb}}</ref> and a Vice President of the [[RSPCA]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melanie Challenger {{!}} High profile supporter {{!}} RSPCA - RSPCA - rspca.org.uk |url=https://www.rspca.org.uk/whatwedo/whoweare/highprofilesupporters/melaniechallenger |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=RSPCA |language=en-US}}</ref> UK. She wrote ''How to Be Animal: What it Means to Be Human''<ref name="Scotsman2021">{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Stuart |date=17 Feb 2021 |title=Book review - How to be Animal |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-how-to-be-animal-by-melanie-challenger-3138373 |access-date=2024-04-26 |work=The Scotsman |language=en-GB |issn=}}</ref> (2021).


Her first non-fiction book ''On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Laing |first=Olivia |date=2011-10-01 |title=On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature by Melanie Challenger – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/02/on-extinction-melanie-challenger-review |access-date=2024-04-26 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> was published in 2011. It was selected by [[Publishers Weekly]] as one of the best non-fiction books of 2012 and received the [[Santa Barbara Library]]’s Green Award for environmental writing.
Her first non-fiction book ''On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature'' was published in 2011.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Laing |first=Olivia |date=2011-10-01 |title=On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature by Melanie Challenger – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/02/on-extinction-melanie-challenger-review |access-date=2024-04-26 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> It was selected by [[Publishers Weekly]] as one of the best non-fiction books of 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2012/nonfiction#book/book-5|title=Best Books of 2012|publisher=Publihsers Weekly}}</ref> and received the [[Santa Barbara Library]]’s Green Award for environmental writing.


She is a member of CEP,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Members – CEP – Consortium of Environmental Philosophers |url=https://thinkingintheworld.com/members/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=en-GB}}</ref> a new global collective of environmental philosophers and a founding member of the ''Animals in the Room''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Animals in the Room – A New Approach to Compassion |url=https://animalsintheroom.org/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> project, involved in devising new models for representing the interests of non-human animals in decisions critical to their lives.
She is a member of CEP,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Members – CEP – Consortium of Environmental Philosophers |url=https://thinkingintheworld.com/members/melanie-challenger/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=en-GB}}</ref> a new global collective of environmental philosophers and a founding member of the ''Animals in the Room''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Animals in the Room – A New Approach to Compassion |url=https://animalsintheroom.org/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> project, involved in devising new models for representing the interests of non-human animals in decisions critical to their lives.


== Early work ==
== Early work ==
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== Publications ==
== Publications ==
* {{cite book|title=On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature|year=2011|publisher=Counterpoint|author=Melanie Challenger}}<ref name=":0" />
* {{cite book|title=On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature|year=2011|publisher=Counterpoint|author=Melanie Challenger}}<ref name=":0" />
* {{cite book|title=How to be Animal|year=2021|publisher=Penguin Books|author=Melanie Challenger}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Book review: How to be Animal, by Melanie Challenger|author=Stuart Kelly|date=17 Feb 2021|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-how-to-be-animal-by-melanie-challenger-3138373|work=The Scotsman}}</ref>
* {{cite book|title=How to be Animal|year=2021|publisher=Penguin Books|author=Melanie Challenger}}<ref name="Scotsman2021" />
* {{cite book|title=Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence|year=2023|author=''Various Authors''|editor=Melanie Challenger}}<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Gregory Tague|title=Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence|type=book reviews|date=April 2024|url=https://leonardo.info/review/2024/04/animal-dignity-philosophical-reflections-on-non-human-existence|magazine=Leonardo}}</ref>
* {{cite book|title=Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence|year=2023|author=''Various Authors''|editor=Melanie Challenger|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic}}<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Gregory Tague|title=Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence|type=book reviews|date=April 2024|url=https://leonardo.info/review/2024/04/animal-dignity-philosophical-reflections-on-non-human-existence|magazine=Leonardo}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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=== General references ===
=== General references ===
* {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNOeeGygulQ |title=Nature and Us: A History Through Art {{!}} BBC Select |language=en |access-date=2024-04-26 |via=www.youtube.com}}
* {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNOeeGygulQ |title=Nature and Us: A History Through Art {{!}} BBC Select |language=en |access-date=2024-04-26 |via=www.youtube.com}}
* {{Cite web |date=2023-05-19 |title=The myth of value-free science {{!}} Melanie Challenger |url=https://iai.tv/articles/the-myth-of-value-free-science-melanie-challenger-auid-2483 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=IAI TV - Changing how the world thinks |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=On Death and Love – Melanie Challenger |url=https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/on-death-and-love/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Emergence Magazine |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite web |date=2023-05-19 |title=The myth of value-free science {{!}} Melanie Challenger |url=https://iai.tv/articles/the-myth-of-value-free-science-melanie-challenger-auid-2483 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=IAI TV - Changing how the world thinks |language=en-GB}}
* {{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=On Death and Love – Melanie Challenger |url=https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/on-death-and-love/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Emergence Magazine |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite news |last=Challenger |first=Melanie |date=2021-05-17 |title=Animals are our overlooked allies in the fight against Covid |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/17/animals-overlooked-allies-fight-against-covid-vaccines |access-date=2024-04-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
* {{Cite news |last=Challenger |first=Melanie |date=2021-05-17 |title=Animals are our overlooked allies in the fight against Covid |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/17/animals-overlooked-allies-fight-against-covid-vaccines |access-date=2024-04-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
* {{Cite web |title=Why insulting people's intelligence is incompatible with open debate |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933230-100-why-insulting-peoples-intelligence-is-incompatible-with-open-debate/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite web |title=Why insulting people's intelligence is incompatible with open debate |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933230-100-why-insulting-peoples-intelligence-is-incompatible-with-open-debate/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}

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Melanie Challenger
EducationExeter College, Oxford.
Occupation(s)Writer, researcher and broadcaster.
Websitehttps://www.melaniechallenger.com/

Melanie Challenger is a writer, researcher and broadcaster on environmental history and philosophy of science, Deputy Co-Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics,[1] and a Vice President of the RSPCA,[2] UK. She wrote How to Be Animal: What it Means to Be Human[3] (2021).

Her first non-fiction book On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature was published in 2011.[4] It was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best non-fiction books of 2012[5] and received the Santa Barbara Library’s Green Award for environmental writing.

She is a member of CEP,[6] a new global collective of environmental philosophers and a founding member of the Animals in the Room[7] project, involved in devising new models for representing the interests of non-human animals in decisions critical to their lives.

Early work

Challenger began her career in the arts, writing poetry and libretto. She has published two collections of poetry, ‘Galatea[8]’, which won an Eric Gregory Award for poetry in 2005 and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and a second collection, ‘The Tender Map’ [9]published in 2017.

In 2003, she adapted the Anne Frank diaries for a choral work by James Whitbourn.[10][11] As the librettist for British composer Mark Simpson,[12] she provided the text for his oratorio, The Immortal,[13] which won the 2016 South Bank Sky Arts Award for classical music and received its London premiere at the 2017 BBC Proms[14] under Juanjo Mena. Their first opera together, Pleasure,[15] was co-commissioned by Royal Opera House, Opera North and Aldeburgh Music.

Publications

  • Melanie Challenger (2011). On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature. Counterpoint.[4]
  • Melanie Challenger (2021). How to be Animal. Penguin Books.[3]
  • Various Authors (2023). Melanie Challenger (ed.). Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence. Bloomsbury Academic.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Nuffield Council appoints new members". The Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  2. ^ "Melanie Challenger | High profile supporter | RSPCA - RSPCA - rspca.org.uk". RSPCA. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ a b Kelly, Stuart (17 Feb 2021). "Book review - How to be Animal". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  4. ^ a b Laing, Olivia (2011-10-01). "On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature by Melanie Challenger – review". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  5. ^ "Best Books of 2012". Publihsers Weekly.
  6. ^ "Our Members – CEP – Consortium of Environmental Philosophers". Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  7. ^ "Animals in the Room – A New Approach to Compassion". Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  8. ^ "Forward 2007 | Special Reports | guardian.co.uk Books". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  9. ^ "The Tender Map from Guillemot Press Wins the Prestigious Michael Marks Award". Falmouth University English & Creative Writing. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  10. ^ "James Whitbourn". www.classical-music.com. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  11. ^ Pritchard, Stephen (2024-03-26). "James Whitbourn obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  12. ^ Simpson, Mark (2016-04-28). "Welcome to the Pleasuredome … Mark Simpson's opera debut". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  13. ^ Hickling, Alfred (2015-07-05). "The Immortal/Mark Simpson review – a blazingly original oratorio". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  14. ^ "BBC Proms". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  15. ^ Hickling, Alfred (2016-04-29). "Pleasure review – Lesley Garrett shines as the lady of the loo". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  16. ^ Gregory Tague (April 2024). "Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence". Leonardo (book reviews).

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