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- Jennbert, Kristina, et al.
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Certain humans, certain animals : attitudes in the long term
- 2014
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In: Exploring the animal turn : Human-animal relations in science, society and culture. - 9789197989381 ; , s. 183-192
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Do certain humans and animals have greater value than other humans and animals? The question will be discussed using some examples from pre-Christian burial practices and other depositions of human and animal bones in Scandinavia. During the pre-Christian period it seems that certain humans and certain animals were buried in graves made for the purpose, while other humans and animals were deposited in other contexts, for example in settlements and wetlands. The classification of species seems to be different from that in modern urban Western societies, and this raises questions concerning attitudes to animals and humans in the long term. Archaeological findings challenge the anthropocentric worldview of a stable human/animal division that has been one of the fundamentals for the development of modern Western societies.
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- Ahlström, Torbjörn, et al.
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Sweden
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In: The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation. An international guide to laws and practice in the excavation and treatment of archaeological human remains. - 9780415588577 ; , s. 441-454
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Methodologies and legislative frameworks regarding the archaeological excavation, retrieval, analysis, curation and potential reburial of human skeletal remains differ throughout the world. As work forces have become increasingly mobile and international research collaborations are steadily increasing, the need for a more comprehensive understanding of different national research traditions, methodologies and legislative structures within the academic and commercial sector of physical anthropology has arisen. The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation provides comprehensive information on the excavation of archaeological human remains and the law through 62 individual country contributions from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Australasia.
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- Coimbra, Elsa, et al.
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The life and death of bees in an emerging knowledge for sustainability
- 2014
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In: Exploring the Animal Turn: Human-Animal Relations in Science, Society and Culture. - 9789197989381 ; , s. 93-109
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The following text addresses the ecological and cultural significance of the threats affecting the honey-bee, and which are becoming apparent through the unusual and sometimes drastic death rates of bee colonies. General research conducted on this problem largely agrees that the threats to bees are a syndrome that has a multifactorial nature and anthropogenic origin. In face of a plethora of relevant and intertwined human-ecological dimensions involved in the problem, this article is mainly concerned in developing a critical review of the scientific knowledge being produced and that concerns and impacts the honey-bee. This approach entails identifying and discussing its cognitive and ethical categories and its ramifications and influence into nature conservation. Results indicate that in the conservation of the honey-bee, scientific knowledge plays a fundamental role in defining what the problems are, as well as their scale and their degree of urgency. Moreover, science holds the greatest legitimacy in informing policy and consequent implementation of protective or harmful measures. Scientific research also has a large influence on modern apiculture, by defining “good” beekeeping practices and supplying technologies to ensure production and survival of colonies. Further results reveal that this arena of research is dominated by natural and STEM fields of science. Additionally, it runs under a paradigm that is mostly centred in a dichotomized and utilitarian viewpoint of human-nature relationships and a preference for technical solutions. The concluding stage of this text argues for a transition towards a new modality of knowledge production which works under strong transdisciplinarity and includes social learning. It emphasises a science for sustainability that is able to integrate a social-ecological understanding of the value of bees as the world’s common good, together with a social praxis that effectively promotes sustainable change.
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Exploring the animal turn : Human-animal relations in science, society and culture
- 2014
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Editorial collection (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Animals' omnipresence in human society makes them both close to and ye tremarkably distant from humans. Human and animal lives have always been entangled, but the way we see and practice the relationships between humans and animals - as close, intertwined, or clearly separate - varies from time to time and between cultures, societies, and even situations. By putting these complex relationships in focus, this anthology investigates the ways in which human society deals with its co-existence with animals. The volume was produced within the frame of the interdisciplinary "Animal Turn"-research group which during eight months in 2013-2014 was hosted by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Lund university, Sweden. Along with invited scholars and artists, members of this group contribute with different perspectives on the complexities and critical issues evoked when the human-animal relationship is in focus.The anthology covers a wide range of topics: From discussions on new disciplinary paths and theoretical perspectives, empirical case-studies, and artistic work, towards more explicitly critical approaches to issues of animal welfare. Phenomena such as vegan sexuality, anthropomorphism, wildlife crimes, and the death of honey-bees are being discussed. How we gain knowledge of other species and creatures is one important issue in focus. What does, for example, the notion of wonderment play in this production of knowledge? How were species classified in pre-Christian Europe? How is the relationship between domesticated and farmed animals and humans practiced and understood? How is it portrayed in literature, or in contemporary social media? Many animals are key actors in these discussions, such as dogs, cows, bees, horses, pigeons, the brown bear, just to mention a few, as well as some creatures more difficult to classify as either humans or animals. All of these play a part in the questions that is at the core of the investigations carried out in this volume: How to produce knowledge that creates possibilities for an ethically and environmentally sustainable future.
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- Friis, Elisabeth, et al.
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Becoming Flush, becoming Elizabeth
- 2014
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In: Exploring the Animal Turn : Human-Animal Relations in Science, Society and Culture - Human-Animal Relations in Science, Society and Culture. - 9789197989381 ; , s. 125-137
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
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- Iregren, Elisabeth, et al.
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Hunden under forntiden : nära kompanjoner i livet och döden
- 2014
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In: Hundsport : Svenska kennelklubbens tidskrift. - 0018-7690. ; :12, s. 59-64
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Vi berättar om ett flertal fynd av riktigt gamla hundar från Europa och Asien samt presenterar några av våra svenska exempel. Vi utnyttjar kunskaper från arkeologi och osteologi (läran om skelettet) och tolkar förhållandet mellan hund och människa från allra äldsta stenålder. Vi beskriver också vad som generellt sker med en djurart fysiskt när den tämjs och anpassar sig till ett liv med oss människor.Vi kan därför påstå att hunden varit en betydel- sefull kompanjon till människan då hon levde som jägare-samlare-fiskare. Hundar var en del av hennes liv, livsstil och kulturella uttryck. Vad gäller hundgravarna, tycks hundarna ha begravts på samma sätt som människor blivit begravda, vilket måste anses som en hedersbe- tygelse. Begravningen av de döda hundarna återspeglar de värden och attityder som män- niskor hade till dessa djur. De hade absolut ett värde som de behöll också efter sin död. Den begravda hunden hade liksom människan san- nolikt en särskild personlighet. De gravlagda hundarna var säkerligen mycket speciella och betydelsefulla djur.
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- Jennbert, Kristina, et al.
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Animal mouthpieces for human properties and indentity - A Scandinavian perspective
- 2010
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In: Bestial Mirrors. Using animals to construct human identities in Medieval Europe. - 9783200018952 ; 03, s. 39-45
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Peoples' relations to animals and their various roles took many different expressions in the pre-Christian era. In certain contexts animals had practical functions, but others they also had symbolic values. Domsticated animals were a kind of life style metaphors in grave rituals. Wild animals and transformation between humans and animals in pictorial images signified social identity. The archaeological analysis of pre-Christian use of animals, and the interpretation of relations between humans and animals give a historical background to the later textbased Old Norse mythology.
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