Co‐being and intra‐action in horse–human relationships

A multi‐species ethnography of be(com)ing human and be(com)ing horse

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Anita Maurstad University of Tromsø Anita.Maurstad@uit.no

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Dona Davis University of South Dakota ddavis@usd.edu

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Sarah Cowles
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12029
Keywords:
multispecies ethnography; horse–human relationships; companion species; mutual becoming; natureculture
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A multi‐species perspective identifies and offers ethnographic insight into a variety of everyday, practical experiences and the roles they may play in shaping human–horse relationships. Analysis of narrative data from 60 open‐ended interviews with a wide variety of riders in Norway and the Midwestern USA identifies three central themes of co‐being. These are expressed, felt and voiced as embodied moments of mutuality, engagements of two agentive individuals and as a kind of anthropo‐zoo‐genetic practice, where species domesticate each other through being together. Co‐being as intra‐acting describes how horse and human meet and change as a result of their meeting. © 2013 European Association of Social Anthropologists.

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Research Article
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13
Keywords:
multispecies ethnography; horse–human relationships; companion species; mutual becoming; natureculture
Print Publication Date:
01 Aug 2013
Online Publication Date:
01 Aug 2013
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© European Association of Social Anthropologists 2013
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