Ethnography after Humanism: Power, Politics and Method in Multi-Species Research

Author:   Lindsay Hamilton ,  Nik Taylor
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
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9781137539328


Pages:   210
Publication Date:   05 July 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Ethnography after Humanism: Power, Politics and Method in Multi-Species Research


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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 for the relationships between humans and other species. Intellectual recognition of this has arrived within the field of human-animal studies and in the philosophical development of posthumanism but there are few practical guidelines for research. Taking this problem as a starting point, the authors draw on a wide array of examples from visual methods, ethnodrama, poetry and movement studies to consider the political, philosophical and practical consequences of posthuman methods. 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. 

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Author:   Lindsay Hamilton ,  Nik Taylor
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Weight:   3.896kg
ISBN:  

9781137539328


ISBN 10:   1137539321
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   05 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- An ecology of ethnographic methods.- Part 1: Foundations.- 1. Why ethnography?.- 2. Listening for the voices of animals.- 3. What can ethnography be?.- Part 2: Field-work.- 4. Visual methods.- 5. Sensory methods.- 6. Arts-based methods.- 7. Hybrids of method.- 8. People writing for animals.- 9. Conclusion: Beyond humanism and into the field.

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Lindsay Hamilton is Undergraduate Director at Keele University Management School, UK. Nik Taylor is Associate Professor of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia. 

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