Staff profile
Overview
Dr Istvan Praet
Lecturer

Affiliation |
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Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology |
Publications
Authored book
- Animism and the Question of LifePraet, I. (2013). Animism and the Question of Life. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315890203
Chapter in book
- Anthropology and Contemporary Space Exploration, with a Note on Hopi LaddersPraet, I. (2023). Anthropology and Contemporary Space Exploration, with a Note on Hopi Ladders. In J. F. Salazar & A. Gorman (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Social Studies of Outer Space. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280507-6
- Whirlpools, Glitter, and Ferocious Intruders: The Palpability of Death in Chachi AnimismPraet, I. (2018). Whirlpools, Glitter, and Ferocious Intruders: The Palpability of Death in Chachi Animism. In A. C. G. M. Robben (Ed.), A Companion to the Anthropology of Death (pp. 265-278). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119222422.ch19
Edited book
- Otherwhere Ethnography: An Introduction to Outer Space StudiesPraet, I., & Pitrou, P. (Eds.). (2025). Otherwhere Ethnography: An Introduction to Outer Space Studies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197790885.001.0001
Journal Article
- Good, quarrelsome, bad: animal agency and human-elephant interactions in the Western Ghats, IndiaBhat Dundi, D., Praet, I., & Marvin, G. (2023). Good, quarrelsome, bad: animal agency and human-elephant interactions in the Western Ghats, India. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 4, Article 1142333. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1142333
- Convergence en astrobiologie. Expérimentation contrefactuelle dans les sciences et les arts Convergence in Astrobiology and Artistic ResearchPraet, I. (2019). Convergence en astrobiologie. Expérimentation contrefactuelle dans les sciences et les arts Convergence in Astrobiology and Artistic Research. Gradhiva. Revue d’anthropologie Et d’histoire Des Arts, 29, 84-115. https://doi.org/10.4000/gradhiva.4046
- Astrobiology and the Ultraviolet WorldPraet, I. (2017). Astrobiology and the Ultraviolet World. Environmental Humanities, 9(2), 378-397. https://doi.org/10.1215/22011919-4215352
- La lune de Saturne et le « nous » œcuménique. Entre astrobiologie et anthropologie An Icy Moon of Saturn and the Ecumenical ’We’. Between Astrobiology and AnthropologyPraet, I. (2015). La lune de Saturne et le « nous » œcuménique. Entre astrobiologie et anthropologie An Icy Moon of Saturn and the Ecumenical ’We’. Between Astrobiology and Anthropology. Gradhiva, 22, 136-167. https://doi.org/10.4000/gradhiva.3061