Animal Housing and Human–Animal Relations
Politics, Practices and Infrastructures
By Kristian Bjørkdahl, Tone Druglitrø | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
This book provides an in-depth investigation into the practices of animal housing systems with international contributions from across the humanities and social sciences. By attending to a range of different sites such as the zoo, the laboratory, the farm and the animal shelter, to name a few, the book explores material technologies from the perspective that these are integrated parts of a larger biopolitical infrastructure and questions how animal housing systems, and the physical infrastructures that surround central human-animal practices, come into being. The contributions in the book show in various ways how physical infrastructures of animal housing are always part of a much broader sociocultural and political infrastructure, where the material reality of housing systems combines with human and animal agents, with politics, and with practices. As such, the book explores what kind of practices and relations develop around the physical structures of animal housing, and by whom, and for whom, they are developed. This innovative collection will be of great interest to student and scholars in animal studies, more than human studies, geography, anthropology, and sociology.
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This book provides an in-depth investigation into the practices of animal housing systems with international contributions from across the humanities and social sciences. By attending to a range of different sites such as the zoo, the laboratory, the farm and the animal shelter, to name a few, the book explores material technologies from the perspective that these are integrated parts of a larger biopolitical infrastructure and questions how animal housing systems, and the physical infrastructures that surround central human-animal practices, come into being. The contributions in the book show in various ways how physical infrastructures of animal housing are always part of a much broader sociocultural and political infrastructure, where the material reality of housing systems combines with human and animal agents, with politics, and with practices. As such, the book explores what kind of practices and relations develop around the physical structures of animal housing, and by whom, and for whom, they are developed. This innovative collection will be of great interest to student and scholars in animal studies, more than human studies, geography, anthropology, and sociology.
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What is Animal Housing and Human–Animal Relations about?
This book provides an in-depth investigation into the practices of animal housing systems with international contributions from across the humanities and social sciences. By attending to a range of different sites such as the zoo, the laboratory, the farm and the animal shelter, to name a few, the book explores material technologies from the perspective that these are integrated parts of a larger biopolitical infrastructure and questions how animal housing systems, and the physical infrastructures that surround central human-animal practices, come into being. The contributions in the book show in various ways how physical infrastructures of animal housing are always part of a much broader sociocultural and political infrastructure, where the material reality of housing systems combines with human and animal agents, with politics, and with practices. As such, the book explores what kind of practices and relations develop around the physical structures of animal housing, and by whom, and for whom, they are developed. This innovative collection will be of great interest to student and scholars in animal studies, more than human studies, geography, anthropology, and sociology.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Animal Housing and Human–Animal Relations?
Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning > Geography > Human geography
Where can I read a sample of Animal Housing and Human–Animal Relations?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317524670
Is Animal Housing and Human–Animal Relations part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Routledge Human-Animal Studies Series
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Animal Housing and Human–Animal Relations?
Kristian Bjørkdahl, Tone Druglitrø
Who is the Publisher of the book Animal Housing and Human–Animal Relations?
Taylor and Francis
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Animal Housing and Human–Animal Relations is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317524670) and pdf(ISBN 9781317524687)