Justyna Włodarczyk
Biographic Data
| ID | 4206537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justyna Włodarczyk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justyna |
| FAMILY NAME | Włodarczyk |
| SIGNATURE | WŁODARCZYK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of English Studies, University of WarsawPoland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Animal Odd Couples to Oddkin
The article explores the link between cuteness and animality, focusing on depictions of so-called animal odd couples, with emphasis on the effects cuteness may have for manipulating and flattening the life stories of real animals and obscuring the trauma that leads to the creation of cute imagery. After analyzing the vision of interspecies harmony in Edward Hicks’s Peaceable Kingdom, the article locates a shift away from the dominance of the subl…
Genealogy of Obedience
In Genealogy of Obedience Justyna Wlodarczyk provides both a historical account of the changing methods of dog training in America since the 1850s and theoretical reflections on how the understanding of training has been entangled in conceptualizations of race, class and gender.
Be More Dog
One way of conceptualizing the changes that have taken place in the methodology (or methodologies) of dog training in the past two decades - towards methods that are, very broadly, kinder and gentler - is to speak of a growing respect for the dog's subjectivity and canine specificity. Because contemporary training methodologies are beginning to be influenced by the non-anthropocentric way of thinking that characterizes "the animal turn," these ch…
Post-Communist Canine
The article attempts to present the complexity of relationships between women, capitalism, democracy, and competitive dog training in post-communist Poland. The article documents the correlation between increased involvement of women in competitive canine sports in Poland after 1989, changes in the methods of dog training, and the transformation in politics from totalitarianism to democracy. The correlation suggests that in the early years of dem…
Of Dogs and Shepherds
This text analyzes American sheepdog culture through the lens of American pastoralism, taking its cue from the obvious connection between pastoralism and shepherds, but also locating elements of the American pastoral – in particular the tension between nature and civilization and ambivalence towards technology – in the development of sheepdog trials in the US, the figure of the American shepherd, the shepherd’s attitude to the dog and the trainin…
Be More Dog
One way of conceptualizing the changes that have taken place in the methodology (or methodologies) of dog training in the past two decades - towards methods that are, very broadly, kinder and gentler - is to speak of a growing respect for the dog's subjectivity and canine specificity. Because contemporary training methodologies are beginning to be influenced by the non-anthropocentric way of thinking that characterizes "the animal turn," these ch…
From Animal Odd Couples to Oddkin
The article explores the link between cuteness and animality, focusing on depictions of so-called animal odd couples, with emphasis on the effects cuteness may have for manipulating and flattening the life stories of real animals and obscuring the trauma that leads to the creation of cute imagery. After analyzing the vision of interspecies harmony in Edward Hicks’s Peaceable Kingdom, the article locates a shift away from the dominance of the subl…
Of Dogs and Shepherds
This text analyzes American sheepdog culture through the lens of American pastoralism, taking its cue from the obvious connection between pastoralism and shepherds, but also locating elements of the American pastoral – in particular the tension between nature and civilization and ambivalence towards technology – in the development of sheepdog trials in the US, the figure of the American shepherd, the shepherd’s attitude to the dog and the trainin…
Post-Communist Canine
The article attempts to present the complexity of relationships between women, capitalism, democracy, and competitive dog training in post-communist Poland. The article documents the correlation between increased involvement of women in competitive canine sports in Poland after 1989, changes in the methods of dog training, and the transformation in politics from totalitarianism to democracy. The correlation suggests that in the early years of dem…
Be More Dog
One way of conceptualizing the changes that have taken place in the methodology (or methodologies) of dog training in the past two decades - towards methods that are, very broadly, kinder and gentler - is to speak of a growing respect for the dog's subjectivity and canine specificity. Because contemporary training methodologies are beginning to be influenced by the non-anthropocentric way of thinking that characterizes "the animal turn," these ch…
Genealogy of Obedience
In Genealogy of Obedience Justyna Wlodarczyk provides both a historical account of the changing methods of dog training in America since the 1850s and theoretical reflections on how the understanding of training has been entangled in conceptualizations of race, class and gender.
From Animal Odd Couples to Oddkin
The article explores the link between cuteness and animality, focusing on depictions of so-called animal odd couples, with emphasis on the effects cuteness may have for manipulating and flattening the life stories of real animals and obscuring the trauma that leads to the creation of cute imagery. After analyzing the vision of interspecies harmony in Edward Hicks’s Peaceable Kingdom, the article locates a shift away from the dominance of the subl…
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works)