Multispecies Pasts and the Possibilities of Multispecies Futures in the Age of the Anthropocene

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ID14713685
AuthorsIvana Živaljević (0000-0002-0873-7950, University of Novi Sad, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume16
Issue3
Publication date2021-11-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEtnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801
PublisherUniversity of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.21301/eap.v16i3.2
OpenAlexW3212922393
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited37

The Anthropocene emerges as an aftermath of the long-held, pervasive belief in human exceptionalism, and a wake-up call to reconsider our being in the world as entangled with a plethora of other living selves. Along with ecological and social challenges facing all life on Earth, the very boundaries between Nature and Culture, biological and social, human and nonhuman are being destabilized. From an archaeological perspective, particularly relevant is the understanding of diachronic change through shifting webs of interspecies relations (sensu Tsing). By engaging with various strands of thought within archaeology, anthropology, ecology and ethology, this paper aims to offer a more inclusive, multispecies view of the past. Ultimately, a consideration of human and nonhuman histories as entangled, bears important implications for multispecies futures

Anthropocene · Biology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Futures contract · Futures studies · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Philosophy

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