Helen Wadham
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 312237 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Helen Wadham |
| NOMBRES | Helen |
| APELLIDO | Wadham |
| FIRMA | WADHAM H |
| AFILIACIONES | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9980-4409 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
‘They treat you like an animal’
Work and organisations are considered to be predominantly human domains, and the labour of other animals in the service of human needs is often unrecognised and unvalued. The human/animal boundary reflects the anthropocentrism of understandings of work and to be treated ‘like an animal’ usually conjures up images of degradation and mistreatment. However, the human/animal boundary may sometimes provide space to create alternative ways of valuing w…
Everyday Multispecies Resistance
Interest in human-animal relations in sport has grown, but it often remains anthropocentric, overlooking the agency of animals, particularly in Global South contexts. This study focuses on the Mexican equestrian sport of Charrería, using multispecies ethnography to explore the complex power dynamics between humans, horses, and bulls. Drawing on James Scott's concept of "weapons of the weak," we examine how animals resist domination through both s…
The slow road to sustainable tourism
Existing understandings of decent work—and the wider 2030 Agenda—are profoundly anthropocentric. This paper explores how focusing on interspecies relations subverts our ideas about decent work and its implications for more sustainable approaches to tourism. Specifically, we bring insights from slow philosophy to bear on fieldwork focused on the shared labour of people and horses involved in forestry and trekking in the UK. Horses emerge as co-wor…
Navigating the landscape of tourism, leisure, and sport studies in Mexico
Research in tourism, leisure, and sports in Mexico is justified by the country's rich cultural, natural, and traditional diversity, as well as its economic and sociocultural relevance. Despite growth in these fields, challenges persist, such as lack of international recognition, limitations in interdisciplinary research, and barriers to knowledge publication and dissemination. This work presents a consensus derived from the Latin American Colloqu…
Legitimizing and Transforming Gender Relations Within the Contemporary Equestrian Sport of Charrería in Mexico
The equestrian sport of Charrería is the national sport of Mexico. This ethnographic study illustrates ways in which Charrería helps legitimize unequal gender relations, and in some circumstances, provides opportunity to challenge and rework the wider gender order. Hegemonic masculinities are performed and reified through the gendered performances of male charros and the complementary, opposite, yet unequal, gendered performances of female escara…
Contested intangible heritage
Heritage is a cultural process that is constantly exposed to contestation and therefore to reconstruction, resignification and repositioning. This paper goes beyond anthropocentric interpretations and recognises that heritage often involves other species in human-defined heritage practices. Based on an ethnographic approach, this study examines how contemporary practitioners of Charrería – a Mexican equestrian sport – embrace their intangible cul…
"Editors' introduction to the special issue "Privilege, vulnerability and care
(Tiny) spaces of hope
This article explores the tiny house movement as a contemporary example of alternative housing practices. Within the stories women tell about their tiny house journeys, we uncover diverse prefigurative practices and politics, which in turn invoke an expanded sense of fairness and agency in and through housing. Framed by Colin Ward's work on dweller-control and self-help, the article draws on interviews with over 30 women from Europe, the UK, US, …
Agents of sustainability
Notions of the good life are often strongly linked to rurality. Existing conceptualisations tend towards an anthropocentric and individualised approach centred on personal wealth, status and happiness. In contrast, this article reframes the good life as an interspecies endeavur, which embeds people and animals alike by recognising their interdependent relational configurations within the wider natural-social environment. Specifically, we bring in…
Agency as Interspecies, Collective and Embedded Endeavour
Animals are increasingly acknowledged as historical agents. There are calls for more critical approaches that explore how this agency-often shared with humans-is embedded within wider relations of power. This paper responds by employing Critical Theory, particularly the ideas of Jurgen Habermas, to explore how interspecies agency is shaped and constrained by its broader socioeconomic context. Empirical illustrations are drawn from the experiences…
Relations of Power and Nonhuman Agency
Critical Theory pioneered the theorization of human-animal relations, helping establish that agency extends beyond the human world. Nonhuman agency is now widely accepted within the 'new materialisms' and beyond but there are growing calls for more critical approaches that consider why and how such agency is mobilized. These calls effectively bring together the concerns of 'old' and 'new' materialisms. I therefore return to Critical Theory, bring…
Horse Matters
Sociology increasingly recognises that 'the social' extends beyond 'the human'. The ongoing theoretical integration of animals has extended our understanding of notions like alienation, violence and technology. This article considers in turn the highly contested concept of sustainability. Focusing on our entangled relationships with domestic animals, particularly horses, extends our critical understanding of sustainability in three ways. First, b…
Living with Paradox in International Development
Relations of Power and Nonhuman Agency
Critical Theory pioneered the theorization of human-animal relations, helping establish that agency extends beyond the human world. Nonhuman agency is now widely accepted within the 'new materialisms' and beyond but there are growing calls for more critical approaches that consider why and how such agency is mobilized. These calls effectively bring together the concerns of 'old' and 'new' materialisms. I therefore return to Critical Theory, bring…
Horse Matters
Sociology increasingly recognises that 'the social' extends beyond 'the human'. The ongoing theoretical integration of animals has extended our understanding of notions like alienation, violence and technology. This article considers in turn the highly contested concept of sustainability. Focusing on our entangled relationships with domestic animals, particularly horses, extends our critical understanding of sustainability in three ways. First, b…
Agents of sustainability
Notions of the good life are often strongly linked to rurality. Existing conceptualisations tend towards an anthropocentric and individualised approach centred on personal wealth, status and happiness. In contrast, this article reframes the good life as an interspecies endeavur, which embeds people and animals alike by recognising their interdependent relational configurations within the wider natural-social environment. Specifically, we bring in…
Legitimizing and Transforming Gender Relations Within the Contemporary Equestrian Sport of Charrería in Mexico
The equestrian sport of Charrería is the national sport of Mexico. This ethnographic study illustrates ways in which Charrería helps legitimize unequal gender relations, and in some circumstances, provides opportunity to challenge and rework the wider gender order. Hegemonic masculinities are performed and reified through the gendered performances of male charros and the complementary, opposite, yet unequal, gendered performances of female escara…
Contested intangible heritage
Heritage is a cultural process that is constantly exposed to contestation and therefore to reconstruction, resignification and repositioning. This paper goes beyond anthropocentric interpretations and recognises that heritage often involves other species in human-defined heritage practices. Based on an ethnographic approach, this study examines how contemporary practitioners of Charrería – a Mexican equestrian sport – embrace their intangible cul…
(Tiny) spaces of hope
This article explores the tiny house movement as a contemporary example of alternative housing practices. Within the stories women tell about their tiny house journeys, we uncover diverse prefigurative practices and politics, which in turn invoke an expanded sense of fairness and agency in and through housing. Framed by Colin Ward's work on dweller-control and self-help, the article draws on interviews with over 30 women from Europe, the UK, US, …
Living with Paradox in International Development
Living with Paradox in International Development
Horse Matters
Sociology increasingly recognises that 'the social' extends beyond 'the human'. The ongoing theoretical integration of animals has extended our understanding of notions like alienation, violence and technology. This article considers in turn the highly contested concept of sustainability. Focusing on our entangled relationships with domestic animals, particularly horses, extends our critical understanding of sustainability in three ways. First, b…
Agency as Interspecies, Collective and Embedded Endeavour
Animals are increasingly acknowledged as historical agents. There are calls for more critical approaches that explore how this agency-often shared with humans-is embedded within wider relations of power. This paper responds by employing Critical Theory, particularly the ideas of Jurgen Habermas, to explore how interspecies agency is shaped and constrained by its broader socioeconomic context. Empirical illustrations are drawn from the experiences…
Relations of Power and Nonhuman Agency
Critical Theory pioneered the theorization of human-animal relations, helping establish that agency extends beyond the human world. Nonhuman agency is now widely accepted within the 'new materialisms' and beyond but there are growing calls for more critical approaches that consider why and how such agency is mobilized. These calls effectively bring together the concerns of 'old' and 'new' materialisms. I therefore return to Critical Theory, bring…
(Tiny) spaces of hope
This article explores the tiny house movement as a contemporary example of alternative housing practices. Within the stories women tell about their tiny house journeys, we uncover diverse prefigurative practices and politics, which in turn invoke an expanded sense of fairness and agency in and through housing. Framed by Colin Ward's work on dweller-control and self-help, the article draws on interviews with over 30 women from Europe, the UK, US, …
Agents of sustainability
Notions of the good life are often strongly linked to rurality. Existing conceptualisations tend towards an anthropocentric and individualised approach centred on personal wealth, status and happiness. In contrast, this article reframes the good life as an interspecies endeavur, which embeds people and animals alike by recognising their interdependent relational configurations within the wider natural-social environment. Specifically, we bring in…
The slow road to sustainable tourism
Existing understandings of decent work—and the wider 2030 Agenda—are profoundly anthropocentric. This paper explores how focusing on interspecies relations subverts our ideas about decent work and its implications for more sustainable approaches to tourism. Specifically, we bring insights from slow philosophy to bear on fieldwork focused on the shared labour of people and horses involved in forestry and trekking in the UK. Horses emerge as co-wor…
Navigating the landscape of tourism, leisure, and sport studies in Mexico
Research in tourism, leisure, and sports in Mexico is justified by the country's rich cultural, natural, and traditional diversity, as well as its economic and sociocultural relevance. Despite growth in these fields, challenges persist, such as lack of international recognition, limitations in interdisciplinary research, and barriers to knowledge publication and dissemination. This work presents a consensus derived from the Latin American Colloqu…
Legitimizing and Transforming Gender Relations Within the Contemporary Equestrian Sport of Charrería in Mexico
The equestrian sport of Charrería is the national sport of Mexico. This ethnographic study illustrates ways in which Charrería helps legitimize unequal gender relations, and in some circumstances, provides opportunity to challenge and rework the wider gender order. Hegemonic masculinities are performed and reified through the gendered performances of male charros and the complementary, opposite, yet unequal, gendered performances of female escara…
Contested intangible heritage
Heritage is a cultural process that is constantly exposed to contestation and therefore to reconstruction, resignification and repositioning. This paper goes beyond anthropocentric interpretations and recognises that heritage often involves other species in human-defined heritage practices. Based on an ethnographic approach, this study examines how contemporary practitioners of Charrería – a Mexican equestrian sport – embrace their intangible cul…
"Editors' introduction to the special issue "Privilege, vulnerability and care
Everyday Multispecies Resistance
Interest in human-animal relations in sport has grown, but it often remains anthropocentric, overlooking the agency of animals, particularly in Global South contexts. This study focuses on the Mexican equestrian sport of Charrería, using multispecies ethnography to explore the complex power dynamics between humans, horses, and bulls. Drawing on James Scott's concept of "weapons of the weak," we examine how animals resist domination through both s…
‘They treat you like an animal’
Work and organisations are considered to be predominantly human domains, and the labour of other animals in the service of human needs is often unrecognised and unvalued. The human/animal boundary reflects the anthropocentrism of understandings of work and to be treated ‘like an animal’ usually conjures up images of degradation and mistreatment. However, the human/animal boundary may sometimes provide space to create alternative ways of valuing w…
Political science (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (7 obras) · Environmental ethics (6 obras) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (6 obras) · Anthropocentrism (5 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 obras) · Agency (philosophy (3 obras)