Posthumanism and Multispecies Ethnology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6013790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Taija Kaarlenkaski (0000-0001-7081-506X, University of Turku), Tytti Steel (0000-0002-1249-8120, University of Helsinki) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnologia Fennica (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0355-1776 • E-ISSN: 2489-4982 |
| Publisher | Ethnologia Fennica (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.23991/ef.v47i2.100197 |
| OpenAlex | W3116554254 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
This thematic issue of Ethnologia Fennica discusses the intersections of ethnology and posthumanist theories and approaches.The central idea of posthumanist theoretization is to displace the human being from the central position in the universe and highlight that more-than-human entities have strongly affected the formation of humanity (Smart & Smart 2017;Braidotti 2013).Posthumanist thought rejects the classic humanist divisions of self and other, mind and body, society and nature, human and animal, organic and technological, and it encourages to think relationally and direct research interests to the non-human realm (Wolfe 2010; Ferrando 2013, 30).Although the debate on posthumanism has been going on in the humanities and social sciences for a couple of decades, in ethnology and related fields such as anthropology and folklore studies, the discussion on posthumanist approaches has started less than ten years ago (Smart & Smart 2017, 10; Thompson 2019, 14).While human-animal and human-nature relationships have been objects of research in these fields for a long time, traditionally these aspects have been studied in order to find out something about human societies and modes of thought.Posthumanist enquiry, on the other hand, aims to highlight the significance and agency of more-than-human entities.In the articles of this issue, the authors mostly discuss domesticated animals such as reindeer, cows, ducks, and rabbits, but there is also a discussion on a polluted lake and the surrounding environment.Posthumanist theoretization has focused on two separate branches: first, our relationships to other organic entities such as non-human animals, plants, and nature; and second, inorganic objects such as machines and digital technologies.In the current issue, the realms of technology and human-animal relationships are brought together in two articles.First, Kajsa Kuoljok discusses the effects of monitoring reindeer through GPS technology in a Sámi reindeer herding community.Through a story about a reindeer that wandered off from its grazing area, she analyzes the emotional
Aesthetics · Art · Biology · Humanities · Posthumanism · Sociology · Anthropology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Race, Genetics, and Society · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |