TY - JOUR
T1 - Human-horse sensory engagement through horse archery
AU - Fijn, Natasha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Australian Anthropological Society
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - The Mongol horse stems from ancient stock, similar to the first horses ridden on the Central Asian grassland steppe. Mongol horses subsequently migrated with their human counterparts throughout Eurasia, as far to the east as Japan. During archery festivals in Japan, horses gallop along a narrow runway within a temple complex in the heavily populated city of Kyoto. In Mongolia, with the recent re-emergence of the ancient practice, horse and rider still gallop across the expansive grassland steppe. The euphoria one feels in riding fast on horseback with the wind against one's face can be symbolised by the concept of khii mor’ in Mongolia, which is connected with the vitality between human and horse in the practice of horse archery. Through sensory ethnography, in combination with multi-species ethnography, this article explores embodiment between horse and rider in two quite different socio-ecological contexts.
AB - The Mongol horse stems from ancient stock, similar to the first horses ridden on the Central Asian grassland steppe. Mongol horses subsequently migrated with their human counterparts throughout Eurasia, as far to the east as Japan. During archery festivals in Japan, horses gallop along a narrow runway within a temple complex in the heavily populated city of Kyoto. In Mongolia, with the recent re-emergence of the ancient practice, horse and rider still gallop across the expansive grassland steppe. The euphoria one feels in riding fast on horseback with the wind against one's face can be symbolised by the concept of khii mor’ in Mongolia, which is connected with the vitality between human and horse in the practice of horse archery. Through sensory ethnography, in combination with multi-species ethnography, this article explores embodiment between horse and rider in two quite different socio-ecological contexts.
KW - Japanese horse
KW - Mongol horse
KW - horse archery
KW - multi-species anthropology
KW - sensory anthropology
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U2 - 10.1111/taja.12376
DO - 10.1111/taja.12376
M3 - Article
SN - 1035-8811
VL - 32
SP - 58
EP - 79
JO - The Australian Journal of Anthropology
JF - The Australian Journal of Anthropology
IS - S1
ER -