Marcus Baynes-Rock
Biographic Data
| ID | 636899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcus Baynes-Rock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcus |
| FAMILY NAME | Baynes-Rock |
| SIGNATURE | BAYNES-ROCK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4476-8455 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Intangible cultural heritage as multispecies practice
This article explores the institutional framework of Intangible Cultural Heritage and how local ontologies of socio-cultural relations with animals, or co-cultures, destabilize the Eurocentric binaries that underpin it. While UNESCO seeks to overcome its past biases with respect to conceptions of cultural heritage and ontologies that reject nature/culture dualisms, this organization holds fast to human/animal binaries. The case study presented he…
Cultural Burning as Resistance to Colonisation
Cultural Burning as Resistance to Colonisation
Re-storying the Roles of Animals in Cultural Burning
Shared Identity of Horses and Men in Oromia, Ethiopia
In this paper, we draw attention to human-horse relations among the Oromo of West Shewa and the importance that men in particular ascribe to horses known as farrda mia . These horses are not a distinct breed; they attain their status through a process of selection based on attractiveness and mutual compatibility with their owners. Farrda mia are important in ceremonies, racing, and personal prestige to the degree that they constitute a cognitive …
Precious reptiles
In this paper I take up the call to expand the boundaries of social and physical landscapes in order to recognise the creative agencies of human and non‐human actors. In doing so, I wish to draw attention to the ways in which relations between both individuals and collectives combine to shape multi‐dimensional sociality in particular places. The place in question is a crocodile farm in tropical Australia. It is a curious place in that it was fost…
A Social Ecology of Stingless Bees
Human Perceptual and Phobic Biases for Snakes
In this paper I review the literature on the evolutionary origins of phobias and describe the current state of research on the neurobiology and developmental origins of ophidiophobia—fear of snakes. In doing so I compare experimental evidence related to evolutionary explanations for snake fears and phobias which are outlined in Seligman’s Preparedness Theory and Isbell’s Snake Detection Theory. These theories have been tested extensively using a …
The Ontogeny of Hyena Representations Among the Harari People of Ethiopia
Employing a theoretical framework developed by ecologist Paul Shepard, I explore here the ways in which Harari people's representations of spotted hyenas develop in tandem with their ontogenesis. The Harari word for hyena,waraba, takes on different meanings depending on the socialization of Harari individuals and the particular life stages of these persons. In early childhood,warabais a terrifying beast of the imagination. As children mature, the…
EthiopianBudaas Hyenas
In emphasizing equivalences with conceptions of evil eye, accounts of Ethiopian buda understate the capacity of these beings to transform into hyenas. The case study presented here highlights how this element of the buda belief reveals a social realm that extends beyond the strictly human
Converging on Ancient Bones
The majority of spotted hyena studies are conducted in places such as national parks and reserves where there are few humans present other than the researchers. I argue that this reflects a perception that “real” hyenas are those largely unaffected by contact with humans. This is at odds with fossil evidence which demonstrates a long, shared history of human/hyena co-evolution since our ancestors first came together on the African continent more …
Hyena
Life and death in the multispecies commons
The multispecies commons is the kind of place in which human-animal entanglements are made most explicit. It is where social, biological and historical processes are so inextricably entwined with wider ecological processes as to be inseparable. Here I describe one such place: the area outside a gate in the ancient, defensive wall around the historic city of Harar, Ethiopia. It was at this place that a solitary, poisoned hyena set in motion a seri…
Local Tolerance of Hyena Attacks in East Hararge Region, Ethiopia
Spotted hyenas and humans often come into conflict where they coexist in the landscape. Usually the conflicts involve hyena predation on livestock and retaliatory killings by humans; however, direct attacks on humans by rabid or otherwise healthy hyenas do occur. These in turn compound the problems associated with reconciling protection of hyenas with the needs and safety of humans. This paper was motivated by a series of attacks which occurred i…
Life and death in the multispecies commons
The multispecies commons is the kind of place in which human-animal entanglements are made most explicit. It is where social, biological and historical processes are so inextricably entwined with wider ecological processes as to be inseparable. Here I describe one such place: the area outside a gate in the ancient, defensive wall around the historic city of Harar, Ethiopia. It was at this place that a solitary, poisoned hyena set in motion a seri…
Local Tolerance of Hyena Attacks in East Hararge Region, Ethiopia
Spotted hyenas and humans often come into conflict where they coexist in the landscape. Usually the conflicts involve hyena predation on livestock and retaliatory killings by humans; however, direct attacks on humans by rabid or otherwise healthy hyenas do occur. These in turn compound the problems associated with reconciling protection of hyenas with the needs and safety of humans. This paper was motivated by a series of attacks which occurred i…
EthiopianBudaas Hyenas
In emphasizing equivalences with conceptions of evil eye, accounts of Ethiopian buda understate the capacity of these beings to transform into hyenas. The case study presented here highlights how this element of the buda belief reveals a social realm that extends beyond the strictly human
The Ontogeny of Hyena Representations Among the Harari People of Ethiopia
Employing a theoretical framework developed by ecologist Paul Shepard, I explore here the ways in which Harari people's representations of spotted hyenas develop in tandem with their ontogenesis. The Harari word for hyena,waraba, takes on different meanings depending on the socialization of Harari individuals and the particular life stages of these persons. In early childhood,warabais a terrifying beast of the imagination. As children mature, the…
Converging on Ancient Bones
The majority of spotted hyena studies are conducted in places such as national parks and reserves where there are few humans present other than the researchers. I argue that this reflects a perception that “real” hyenas are those largely unaffected by contact with humans. This is at odds with fossil evidence which demonstrates a long, shared history of human/hyena co-evolution since our ancestors first came together on the African continent more …
Re-storying the Roles of Animals in Cultural Burning
Shared Identity of Horses and Men in Oromia, Ethiopia
In this paper, we draw attention to human-horse relations among the Oromo of West Shewa and the importance that men in particular ascribe to horses known as farrda mia . These horses are not a distinct breed; they attain their status through a process of selection based on attractiveness and mutual compatibility with their owners. Farrda mia are important in ceremonies, racing, and personal prestige to the degree that they constitute a cognitive …
Life and death in the multispecies commons
The multispecies commons is the kind of place in which human-animal entanglements are made most explicit. It is where social, biological and historical processes are so inextricably entwined with wider ecological processes as to be inseparable. Here I describe one such place: the area outside a gate in the ancient, defensive wall around the historic city of Harar, Ethiopia. It was at this place that a solitary, poisoned hyena set in motion a seri…
Local Tolerance of Hyena Attacks in East Hararge Region, Ethiopia
Spotted hyenas and humans often come into conflict where they coexist in the landscape. Usually the conflicts involve hyena predation on livestock and retaliatory killings by humans; however, direct attacks on humans by rabid or otherwise healthy hyenas do occur. These in turn compound the problems associated with reconciling protection of hyenas with the needs and safety of humans. This paper was motivated by a series of attacks which occurred i…
EthiopianBudaas Hyenas
In emphasizing equivalences with conceptions of evil eye, accounts of Ethiopian buda understate the capacity of these beings to transform into hyenas. The case study presented here highlights how this element of the buda belief reveals a social realm that extends beyond the strictly human
Converging on Ancient Bones
The majority of spotted hyena studies are conducted in places such as national parks and reserves where there are few humans present other than the researchers. I argue that this reflects a perception that “real” hyenas are those largely unaffected by contact with humans. This is at odds with fossil evidence which demonstrates a long, shared history of human/hyena co-evolution since our ancestors first came together on the African continent more …
Hyena
The Ontogeny of Hyena Representations Among the Harari People of Ethiopia
Employing a theoretical framework developed by ecologist Paul Shepard, I explore here the ways in which Harari people's representations of spotted hyenas develop in tandem with their ontogenesis. The Harari word for hyena,waraba, takes on different meanings depending on the socialization of Harari individuals and the particular life stages of these persons. In early childhood,warabais a terrifying beast of the imagination. As children mature, the…
Human Perceptual and Phobic Biases for Snakes
In this paper I review the literature on the evolutionary origins of phobias and describe the current state of research on the neurobiology and developmental origins of ophidiophobia—fear of snakes. In doing so I compare experimental evidence related to evolutionary explanations for snake fears and phobias which are outlined in Seligman’s Preparedness Theory and Isbell’s Snake Detection Theory. These theories have been tested extensively using a …
A Social Ecology of Stingless Bees
Precious reptiles
In this paper I take up the call to expand the boundaries of social and physical landscapes in order to recognise the creative agencies of human and non‐human actors. In doing so, I wish to draw attention to the ways in which relations between both individuals and collectives combine to shape multi‐dimensional sociality in particular places. The place in question is a crocodile farm in tropical Australia. It is a curious place in that it was fost…
Shared Identity of Horses and Men in Oromia, Ethiopia
In this paper, we draw attention to human-horse relations among the Oromo of West Shewa and the importance that men in particular ascribe to horses known as farrda mia . These horses are not a distinct breed; they attain their status through a process of selection based on attractiveness and mutual compatibility with their owners. Farrda mia are important in ceremonies, racing, and personal prestige to the degree that they constitute a cognitive …
Re-storying the Roles of Animals in Cultural Burning
Cultural Burning as Resistance to Colonisation
Cultural Burning as Resistance to Colonisation
Intangible cultural heritage as multispecies practice
This article explores the institutional framework of Intangible Cultural Heritage and how local ontologies of socio-cultural relations with animals, or co-cultures, destabilize the Eurocentric binaries that underpin it. While UNESCO seeks to overcome its past biases with respect to conceptions of cultural heritage and ontologies that reject nature/culture dualisms, this organization holds fast to human/animal binaries. The case study presented he…
Biology (7 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Hyena (5 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)