Ethnography after Humanism: Power, Politics and Method in Multi-Species Research
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (750 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072WWJSH4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 358 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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They outline the possibilities for creative new forms of ethnography that eschew simplistic binaries between humans and animals. Ethnography after Humanism suggests how researchers could conduct different forms of fieldwork and writing to include animals more fruitfully and will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including human-animal studies, sociology, criminology, animal geography, anthropology, social theory and natural resources. . This book argues that qualitative methods, ethnography included, have tended to focus on the human at the cost of understanding humans and animals in relation, and that ethnography should evolve to account fo
Lindsay Hamilton is Undergraduate Director at Keele University Management School, UK. Nik Taylor is Associate Professor of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia.
“For those who are in the field of human-animal studies, this is essential reading, although I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in extending the frontiers of knowledge beyond the anthropocentric boundaries of our humanistic past.” (David Knights, Lancaster University Management School, UK) “Hamilton and Taylor serve up a menu of provocative questions, insightful observations and complex deliberations to stimulate ideas. A necessary and timely addition.” (Caroline Clarke, Open University Business School, UK)“Ethnography After Humanism is a must-read for which the field of human-animal studies has been waiting.” (Margo DeMello, Animals and Society Institute, USA)