Becoming Bovine and Being Haunted
Herder-Bovine Relationships in South India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12418906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | S J Vignesh (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, corresponding author), S Vignesh (0000-0001-7049-3582, Manipal Academy of Higher Education https://dx.doi.org/76793 Manipal India) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685306-bja10081 |
| OpenAlex | W4221068129 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper concerns itself with the study of changing dynamics of herder-bovine relationships in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. By exploring the affective lives of Tamil-speaking herders of South India in their interaction with native Pulikulam breed bovines and foreign bred milch cows, this paper maps the sensuous ways in which these three beings make and unmake each other. At a more abstract level, this paper intends to improvise dialogue between new materialist and deconstructive techniques by exploring Karen Barad’s conception of intra-action, and Derrida’s hauntology in the context of human-animal relationships. The central argument this paper exposes is that our nuanced moments of interactions with animals are already mediated by visceral absences which we fail to take into consideration
Algorithm · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Biology · Breed · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Literature · Materialism · Sociology · State (computer science · Tamil · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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