Multispecies event experiences

Introducing More-Than-Human Perspectives to Event Studies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8091064
AutoresKatherine Dashper (0000-0002-2415-2290, autor de correspondencia), Anne Buchmann (0000-0001-6491-6964)
Año2019
Volumen12
Número3
Páginas293-309
Fecha de publicación2019-12-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1940-7963 • E-ISSN: 1940-7971
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19407963.2019.1701791
OpenAlexW2994532859
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas5

Events are all about experiences, and event managers and designers are encouraged to explore innovative and creative ways to engage and excite customers, creating satisfaction and loyalty. These experiences are not always solely human phenomena, although event studies as an academic field has yet to acknowledge this multispecies aspect and remains firmly anthropocentric. In this paper, we introduce more-than-human perspectives to event studies to illustrate how moving beyond humanist paradigms can open up alternative insights and add to the richness of understanding about event experiences. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted at equestrian ‘endurance riding’ events both in the UK and Australia, we apply a multispecies lens to the investigation of event experiences. In equestrian events, the experiences of human participants are profoundly shaped by those of the equine participants, and the interactions between the two. Endurance riding offers an interesting example of one ‘contact zone’ between human and nonhuman, as horse and human work together to create sporting performance, travelling through varied landscapes and environments. In such ways, horses are co-creators of event experiences, actively shaping and helping create those encounters, whether they be memorable or mundane. By decentring human experience, more-than-human perspectives open up possibilities for exploring and understanding the richness of event experiences that involve multiple actors and species

Aesthetics · Anthropocentrism · Environmental ethics · Ethnography · Event (particle physics · Field (mathematics · Sociology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts