Animal geographies II

Abstract

Animal geographies challenge not only the place and placing of the human and the animal but, critically, the methods we use to engage with both in relation. This second review considers the various methodological implications of a more-than-human geography and explores the innovative approaches that animal geographers employ to speak with non-human animals.

Livestock Animal Displacement on Rural Tourism Destinations: Placing Livestock's “Pest” Role in the Background

“…Animal geography challenges the epistemology of the spaces and placement of humans and animals; critically, the methods we use engage with both in this relationship [58]. ANT is better understood as an approach or analytical sensibility with theoretical and methodological implications [48].…”

“…ANT is better understood as an approach or analytical sensibility with theoretical and methodological implications [48]. ANT, as a more-than-human ontology, had a significant influence on the theory and methods of animal geography [58,59]. It has become widely used within studies on non-human animals-notably between culture and nature as well as humans and non-humans-emphasizing relational practices and non-human agency with revealing multiplicities [27,53,58,60].…”

“…ANT, as a more-than-human ontology, had a significant influence on the theory and methods of animal geography [58,59]. It has become widely used within studies on non-human animals-notably between culture and nature as well as humans and non-humans-emphasizing relational practices and non-human agency with revealing multiplicities [27,53,58,60]. ANT emphasizes the socio-technological, human-relational imperative [60] as well as its apparent dismissal of the quality of life for animals in terms of being distinct from inanimate objects and machines [61] and indicates a predominantly functionalist approach [31].…”

“…ANT emphasizes the socio-technological, human-relational imperative [60] as well as its apparent dismissal of the quality of life for animals in terms of being distinct from inanimate objects and machines [61] and indicates a predominantly functionalist approach [31]. One major contribution of ANT has been to reinforce the importance of ethnographic investigative methods and sensibilities within animal geography [58].…”

Veganism: Lifestyle or Political Movement? Looking for Relations Beyond Antispeciesism

“…Debates have sprung in various academic fields, from social sciences (Latimer and Miele 2013) and geography (Buller 2014) to political sociology (Kymlicka and Donaldson 2014) and economic theory (Harvey and Hubbard 2013). This changing situation must be analysed considering both the imposition of post-materialist values (Inglehart 1977) and the different forms of animal advocacy conducted by numerous individuals and groups around the world.…”