Sara Asu Schroer
Biographic Data
| ID | 97435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Asu Schroer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara Asu |
| FAMILY NAME | Schroer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHROER S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-2647-7021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Infrastructural cascades: Trophic infrastructures of the capitalist “superomnivore” and their ecological ripple effects
Infrastructure projects are a hallmark of the industrial world and a driving force of the Anthropocene. This article develops an approach for studying the historical emergence and rippling ecological effects of infrastructure within an analytical frame that we call infrastructural cascades (IC). Drawing on the notion of trophic cascade from ecology, we argue that infrastructures should be conceptualized as nodes in metabolic capitalist systems an…
Special issue: ‘Taking care together’: Conservation as more-than-human process
Jakob von Uexküll: The Concept ofUmweltand its Potentials for an Anthropology Beyond the Human
In his book A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans, originally published in1934, Jakob von Uexküll argued that all living beings - no matter how simple or complex - had to be understood as subjects, and that the worlds they lived in were constituted through their specific ways of perceiving their Umwelten. This article focuses on an exploration of Uexküll's argument set out in this classic text, considering its relevance for contemporary t…
Courtship Rituals: Imprinting and Interspecies Sociality in the Domestic Breeding of Birds of Prey
This article explores social relationships of birds and humans through the processes of imprinting and courtship rituals in the domestic breeding of birds of prey. The material presented is based on original ethnographic fieldwork among falconers, breeders, and birds, largely in the United Kingdom. The article focuses on the interspecies sociality and agency that emerges from the situated practices of bird breeding. It is argued, through ethnogra…
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“A feeling for birds”
How are living beings with different perceptual abilities learning to attune to each other and their environments? The author explores this issue through detailed ethnographic observations of the taming and training of falconry birds that will eventually lead to a cooperative hunting companionship. The airborne constitution of birds draws our attention to the atmospheric forces of the weather that powerfully influence their lines of flight as muc…
Exploring Atmospheres Ethnographically
Architectures of domestication: On emplacing human-animal relations in the North
This article explores human-animal relationships in the North by calling for a fresh examination of the infrastructures and architectures which inscribe them. We draw attention to the self-limiting quality of Arctic architectures which are designed to emphasize mutual autonomy. This approach challenges models that would create a crisp, clear separation between domestication as constituting a form of domination or a type of mutualism. By describin…
Weathering: A Graphic Essay
This graphic essay is part of an ongoing collaborative effort that combines ethnographic research on the relationships between falconers, birds of prey and their environments with research on drawing as an anthropological method and 'style'. Through a combination of text and drawings, the essay shows the affective materiality of the world through a focus on the aerial perception of birds of prey as they move with the currents of the wind. The ter…
Architectures of domestication: On emplacing human-animal relations in the North
This article explores human-animal relationships in the North by calling for a fresh examination of the infrastructures and architectures which inscribe them. We draw attention to the self-limiting quality of Arctic architectures which are designed to emphasize mutual autonomy. This approach challenges models that would create a crisp, clear separation between domestication as constituting a form of domination or a type of mutualism. By describin…
Exploring Atmospheres Ethnographically
Jakob von Uexküll: The Concept ofUmweltand its Potentials for an Anthropology Beyond the Human
In his book A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans, originally published in1934, Jakob von Uexküll argued that all living beings - no matter how simple or complex - had to be understood as subjects, and that the worlds they lived in were constituted through their specific ways of perceiving their Umwelten. This article focuses on an exploration of Uexküll's argument set out in this classic text, considering its relevance for contemporary t…
Courtship Rituals: Imprinting and Interspecies Sociality in the Domestic Breeding of Birds of Prey
This article explores social relationships of birds and humans through the processes of imprinting and courtship rituals in the domestic breeding of birds of prey. The material presented is based on original ethnographic fieldwork among falconers, breeders, and birds, largely in the United Kingdom. The article focuses on the interspecies sociality and agency that emerges from the situated practices of bird breeding. It is argued, through ethnogra…
Weathering: A Graphic Essay
This graphic essay is part of an ongoing collaborative effort that combines ethnographic research on the relationships between falconers, birds of prey and their environments with research on drawing as an anthropological method and 'style'. Through a combination of text and drawings, the essay shows the affective materiality of the world through a focus on the aerial perception of birds of prey as they move with the currents of the wind. The ter…
Weathering: A Graphic Essay
This graphic essay is part of an ongoing collaborative effort that combines ethnographic research on the relationships between falconers, birds of prey and their environments with research on drawing as an anthropological method and 'style'. Through a combination of text and drawings, the essay shows the affective materiality of the world through a focus on the aerial perception of birds of prey as they move with the currents of the wind. The ter…
“A feeling for birds”
How are living beings with different perceptual abilities learning to attune to each other and their environments? The author explores this issue through detailed ethnographic observations of the taming and training of falconry birds that will eventually lead to a cooperative hunting companionship. The airborne constitution of birds draws our attention to the atmospheric forces of the weather that powerfully influence their lines of flight as muc…
Exploring Atmospheres Ethnographically
Architectures of domestication: On emplacing human-animal relations in the North
This article explores human-animal relationships in the North by calling for a fresh examination of the infrastructures and architectures which inscribe them. We draw attention to the self-limiting quality of Arctic architectures which are designed to emphasize mutual autonomy. This approach challenges models that would create a crisp, clear separation between domestication as constituting a form of domination or a type of mutualism. By describin…
Response
Courtship Rituals: Imprinting and Interspecies Sociality in the Domestic Breeding of Birds of Prey
This article explores social relationships of birds and humans through the processes of imprinting and courtship rituals in the domestic breeding of birds of prey. The material presented is based on original ethnographic fieldwork among falconers, breeders, and birds, largely in the United Kingdom. The article focuses on the interspecies sociality and agency that emerges from the situated practices of bird breeding. It is argued, through ethnogra…
Jakob von Uexküll: The Concept ofUmweltand its Potentials for an Anthropology Beyond the Human
In his book A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans, originally published in1934, Jakob von Uexküll argued that all living beings - no matter how simple or complex - had to be understood as subjects, and that the worlds they lived in were constituted through their specific ways of perceiving their Umwelten. This article focuses on an exploration of Uexküll's argument set out in this classic text, considering its relevance for contemporary t…
Special issue: ‘Taking care together’: Conservation as more-than-human process
Infrastructural cascades: Trophic infrastructures of the capitalist “superomnivore” and their ecological ripple effects
Infrastructure projects are a hallmark of the industrial world and a driving force of the Anthropocene. This article develops an approach for studying the historical emergence and rippling ecological effects of infrastructure within an analytical frame that we call infrastructural cascades (IC). Drawing on the notion of trophic cascade from ecology, we argue that infrastructures should be conceptualized as nodes in metabolic capitalist systems an…
Geographies of human-animal interactions (9 works) · Biology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)