A sensory approach for multispecies anthropology

Natasha Fijn*, Muhammad A. Kavesh

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    Abstract

    This special issue suggests that the need to examine the entangled lives of species, selves and other beings through a multisensory perspective is crucial and timely. Developing on a sensory analysis, one that emerges through what Anna Tsing refers to as the ‘arts of noticing’ (2015), this introductory paper explores how both nonhuman and human lives are intertwined, and how their close examination can guide anthropologists in their ability to capture the subtleties of more-than-human engagement, connection and relatedness. Through articles within this issue from Australian anthropology and beyond, we ask how becoming-with more-than-humans helps us to construct a post-humanist analysis in the combination of sensory anthropology and multispecies anthropology. Through a combination of these two fields, the paper suggests, anthropology can take up the opportunity to think about animals as subjects, through our ability to communicate beyond language and to engage in a more meaningful way through interspecies knowledge-making.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6-22
    Number of pages17
    JournalThe Australian Journal of Anthropology
    Volume32
    Issue numberS1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2021

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    • Toward a Multisensorial Engagement with Animals

      Fijn, N. & Kavesh, M. A., 2023, The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Ethnography. Vannini, P. (ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, p. 237-247 11 p.

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    • Between Hope and Despair

      Fijn, N., 21 Apr 2022

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    • Afterword: A view from multi-species anthropology

      Fijn, N., 18 Sept 2020, モア・ザン・ヒューマン マルチスピーシーズ人類学と環境人文学: Multispecies Anthropology and Environmental Humanities. Okuno, K., Kondo, S. & Fijn, N. (eds.). Tokyo: Ibunsha

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