Which work presents multispecies fieldwork methods for the Anthropocene and methodological innovation?

Which work presents multispecies fieldwork methods for the Anthropocene and methodological innovation?

• A. Bubandt, N. et al. Rubber boots methods for the Anthropocene: doing fieldwork in multispecies worlds.
• B. Goudie, A. The Human Impact on the Natural Environment
• C. Barry, Andrew. The politics of the Anthropocene
• D. Parsons, Laurie. Skeletons, dragons and the 'climate war'

Answer: (A)

In the Anthropocene, fieldwork needs to account for connections across many species, not just humans. This work by Bubandt and colleagues presents a clear approach to doing research in multispecies worlds, insisting that methods themselves adapt to living among humans, animals, plants, microbes, and other actors in shared environments. The phrase rubber boots methods signals an immersive, place-based practice—researchers move through diverse ecologies, stay with the field, and engage with nonhuman participants and assemblages as part of the inquiry. This isn’t just about observing humans in nature; it’s about shaping data collection and interpretation through relational encounters and entanglements that acknowledge the agency and influence of nonhuman others. That emphasis on how to conduct fieldwork across species—and to innovate methodologically to capture those interspecies relations—is what makes this work the best fit for the question. The other texts focus more on broad human impacts, political framing, or climate discourse and do not center multispecies field methods or methodological innovation in the same way.

In the Anthropocene, fieldwork needs to account for connections across many species, not just humans. This work by Bubandt and colleagues presents a clear approach to doing research in multispecies worlds, insisting that methods themselves adapt to living among humans, animals, plants, microbes, and other actors in shared environments. The phrase rubber boots methods signals an immersive, place-based practice—researchers move through diverse ecologies, stay with the field, and engage with nonhuman participants and assemblages as part of the inquiry. This isn’t just about observing humans in nature; it’s about shaping data collection and interpretation through relational encounters and entanglements that acknowledge the agency and influence of nonhuman others. That emphasis on how to conduct fieldwork across species—and to innovate methodologically to capture those interspecies relations—is what makes this work the best fit for the question. The other texts focus more on broad human impacts, political framing, or climate discourse and do not center multispecies field methods or methodological innovation in the same way.