Shelly Scott
Biographic Data
| ID | 10982008 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelly Scott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelly |
| FAMILY NAME | Scott |
| SIGNATURE | SCOTT S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Racehorse As Protagonist: Agency, Independence, And Improvisation
This chapter addresses two large questions regarding animals as agents: Are animals capable of acting on choices made independently? If so, how much agency do humans permit them to exercise within performance settings? Writing about unpredictability posed by animal performances, Jane C. Desmond notes that a capacity for improvisation implies agency. The chapter demonstrates how thoroughbreds improvise in human-engineered races, revealing their ca…
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The Racehorse As Protagonist: Agency, Independence, And Improvisation
This chapter addresses two large questions regarding animals as agents: Are animals capable of acting on choices made independently? If so, how much agency do humans permit them to exercise within performance settings? Writing about unpredictability posed by animal performances, Jane C. Desmond notes that a capacity for improvisation implies agency. The chapter demonstrates how thoroughbreds improvise in human-engineered races, revealing their ca…
Aesthetics (1 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (1 works) · Doping in Sports (1 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 works) · Improvisation (1 works) · Independence (probability theory) (1 works) · Mathematics (1 works) · Political science (1 works)