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Naturecultures? Science, affect and the non-human

Latimer, Joanna Elizabeth and Miele, Mara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5774-2860 2013. Naturecultures? Science, affect and the non-human. Theory Culture & Society 30 (7-8) , pp. 5-31. 10.1177/0263276413502088

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Abstract

Rather than focus on effects, the isolatable and measureable outcomes of events and interventions, the papers assembled here offer different perspectives on the affective dimension of the meaning and politics of human/non-human relations. The authors begin by drawing attention to the constructed discontinuity between humans and non-humans, and to the kinds of knowledge and socialities that this discontinuity sustains, including those underpinned by nature-culture, subject-object, body-mind, individual-society polarities. The articles presented track human/non-human relations through different domains, including: humans/non-humans in history and animal welfare science (Fudge and Buller); the relationship between the way we live, the effects on our natural environment and contested knowledges about ‘nature’ (Whatmore); choreographies of everyday life and everyday science practices with non-human animals such as horses, meerkats, mice, and wolves (Latimer, Candea, Davies, Despret). Each paper also goes on to offer different perspectives on the human/non-human not just as division, or even as an asymmetrical relation, but as relations that are mutually affective, however invisible and inexpressible in the domain of science. Thus the collection contributes to new epistemologies/ontologies that undercut the usual ordering of relations and their dichotomies, particularly in that dominant domain of contemporary culture that we call science. Indeed, in their impetus to capture ‘affect’, the collection goes beyond the usual turn towards a more inclusive ontology, and contributes to the radical shift in the epistemology and philosophy of science’s terms of engagement.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen)
Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Q Science > Q Science (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords: affect; animals; human/non-human relations; more-than-human; natureculture; science
Additional Information: Online publication date: 18 October 2013.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISSN: 0263-2764
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 30 March 2016
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2023 15:55
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/52183

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