Being Angelica? Exploring individual animal geographies

Being Angelica?

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ID8084872
AuthorsChristopher Bear (0000-0001-7130-515X, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume43
Issue3
Pages297-304
Publication date2011-05-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-4762.2011.01019.x
OpenAlexW2157137613
LanguageEN
Citations received74
References cited25

This paper extends recent work that has called for greater attention to be paid to nonhuman difference. The burgeoning animal geographies literature has been very successful in dissecting the concept of ‘nature’ and in examining the myriad ways in which animal and human lives are intertwined. However, its focus is more often on collectivities, such as species and herds, than on individual animals. Through the brief case study of an octopus in The Deep, an aquarium in Kingston-upon-Hull, UK, the paper draws on and develops recently promoted notions of responsible anthropomorphism. It argues that future work might usefully pay greater attention to the lived experience of individual animals, and that further emphasis should be given to non-mammalian life forms. Doing so might not only shed light on these creatures' encounters with humans, but also help to give a greater sense of their lives beyond these direct encounters, challenging understandings of what it means to be ‘animal

Data science · Sociology · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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