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Embodied encounters between humans and gators

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ID3977933
AutoresAdam Keul (University of Connecticut, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume14
Fascículo8
Páginas930-953
Data de publicação2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2013.837190
OpenAlexW2032773368
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas39

Animal geographies have complicated our understanding of human/nonhuman animal relationships by positioning other animals as recipients of human culture and, more recently, by applying theories of embodiment to illustrate the co-constitution of human–animal worlds. This paper addresses human–alligator relationships in Louisiana by illustrating the history and culture of alligator hide production alongside an analysis of human–alligator encounters through tourism. Alligators have played all sorts of instrumental and symbolic roles in the Atchafalaya River Basin where populations here have been managed as a corollary to the exotic hide industry. More recently, gators have been positioned as the star attractions on swamp tours. Guides, tourists, and alligators share encounters where the nonhumans are anthropomorphized and empowered to shape human perceptions of other bodies. By jumping out of the water for food or simply allowing the tourists' gaze, alligators are positioned both as an exotic body and as a capable agent in the experience of space. Guides take part in hybridizing the two groups of actors by individuating gators, enticing them to interact with tourists and negotiating the fears of gators and tourists alike to produce what they see as a mutually beneficial experience. These encounters allow for meaningful interactions between distinct yet similar bodies and highlight the animals' power to influence people.Encuentros corporificados entre Humanos y CaimanesLa geografía de los animales ha complejizado nuestra comprensión de las relaciones entre humanos/animales no-humanos al posicionar a otros animales como repositorios de la cultura humana. Recientemente se harecurrido a las teorías de la corporificación para mostrar la co-constitución del mundo humano y animal. En este artículo se abordan las relaciones humano-caimán en Luisiana mediante el estudio de la historia y la cultura vinculadas a la producción de cuero de caimán. Al mismo tiempo se analizan los encuentros humano-caimán por medio del turismo. En la cuenca del río Atchafalaya, lugar en donde las poblaciones de caimánson objeto de control como consecuencia de los interesesde la exótica industria delcuero de esta especie, los caimanes juegan diversos roles instrumentales y simbólicos. En tiempos recientes, los caimanes se trasformaron en la atracción estrella de los tours en los pantanos. El encuentro entre guías, turistas y caimanes se da en una situación en dondese les concede características antropomórficas a los no-humanos y en donde se los empodera de forma tal que poseen la capacidad de moldear las percepciones de los humanos sobre otros cuerpos. Con sólo saltar fuera del agua para comer o, simplemente, al ser objeto de la mirada de los turistas,los caimanes se posicionan como un cuerpo exótico, así como también como agente competente en la experimentación del espacio. Por su parte, los guías hibridizanambos grupos de actores facilitando la individualización de los caimanes, incentivando a los caimanes a interactuar con los turistas, y negociando los temores tanto de los caimanes como de los turistas. De este modo, producen lo que los guías ven como una experienciamutuamente beneficiosa. Estos encuentros facilitan interacciones significativas entre cuerpos que son distintos pero similares al mismo tiempo. A su vez, destacan el poder que tienen los animales parainfluenciar ala gente.Rencontres incarnées entre humains et alligatorsLes géographies des animaux ont compliqué notre compréhension des rapports humains/animal non-humains en positionnant des autres animaux dans un rôle de receveurs de la culture humaine et plus récemment en appliquant des théories de l'incarnation pour illustrer la constitution mutuelle des mondes humains-animaux. Cet article aborde les rapports humains-alligators en Louisiane en illustrant l'histoire et la culture de la peau du alligator à côté un analyse des rencontres touristiques entre humains et alligators. Des alligators ont joué toutes sortes de rôles instrumentaux et symboliques dans le bassin de la rivière Atchafalaya, où on en a géré l'abattage de la population comme corollaire à l'industrie des peaux exotiques. Plus récemment les alligators ont été positionnés comme l'attraction principale des tours de marais. Les guides, les touristes, et les alligators partagent des rencontres dans lesquelles les non-humains se font anthropomorphisés et obtiennent le pouvoir de déterminer les perceptions des humains des autres corps. Lorsqu'ils sautent de l'eau pour engloutir de la nourriture ou tout simplement ils reçoivent le regard fixe des touristes, des alligators sont à la fois un corps exotique et un agent capable dans l'expérience de l'espace. Les guides prennent part à hybrider les deux groupes d'acteurs en donnant une identité aux alligators, en les entraînant à interagir avec les touristes, et en dissipant les peurs des alligators ainsi que ceux des humain tout pour produire ce qu'ils considèrent une expérience mutuellement bénéfice. Ces rencontres donnent des interactions significatives entre des corps distincts mais similaires, et révèlent le pouvoir des animaux d'influencer les gens.Keywords:: animal geographyembodimentalligatorstourismLouisianaKeywords:: géographie des animauxincarnationalligatorstourismeLouisianeKeywords:: geografía animalcorporizacióncaimanesturismoLuisiana AcknowledgementsThe author would like to acknowledge the guidance for this paper provided by Phil Steinberg, Tony Stallins, and several reviewers who gave very helpful critiques. The author also thanks the hunting and tour guides who participated in this research and all of the creatures who teach us about the world. This work was funded in part by a National Science Foundation DDRI.Notes1. The racist belief that alligators prefer black or, rather, non-white skin is documented extensively by Glasgow (Citation1991

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