Multispeces Brno: encounters in a Central Europe City

Abstract

This photoessay is dedicated at introducing some possible encounters with a multispecies network in the City of Brno, in Czech Republic. Moving around the city, several animals appear in the buildings, streets and squares, enabling a hybrid experience with these other-than-humans sharing the urban space. The reflections about the multispecies character of urban spaces enable to highlight the collective and hybrid dimension of the sensorial curiosity promoted by the encounters with the other-than-humans. Mythical, exotic and domestic animals are present in diverse locations of the Brno, some connecting with the history of the city, other with its social and public dimensions. The proposal is that representing such multispecies encounters enables an eclectic city to emerge and to be experienced.