Interspecies Relations in Urban Landscape: Rooks and Humans at Pražské Sídliště, Tábor

This case study examines the cohabitation of rooks and humans in the Pražské sídliště housing estate in Tábor. It focuses on their mutual interactions and the types of relationships that emerge. The research is based on qualitative inquiry and employs ethnographic methods that incorporate more-than-human perspectives. Direct interactions between rooks and humans form only part of the analysis. They are complemented by an examination of how the landscape is jointly inhabited in spatial and movement-related terms. The study identifies two levels of interspecies relations: rooks and humans as legitimate neighbours, and earthlings understood as distinct species. The findings indicate that coexistence is characterised more by tolerance and parallel presence than by frequent direct interaction. Overall, the study offers insight into subtle yet meaningful forms of interspecies coexistence in the urban landscape and highlights potential for further research. Keywords: multispecies ethnography, rook, interspecies relations, Tábor