Alexiou, Paula ORCID: 0009-0006-7617-2812, Brekl, Julia ORCID: 0009-0006-4414-7129, Köhler, Emilie ORCID: 0009-0005-9785-345X and van Engelen, Wisse ORCID: 0000-0002-2426-5180 (2024). Performing multispecies studies in Southern Africa: historical legacies, marginalised subjects, reflexive positionalities. Anthropology Southern Africa, 2 (47). pp. 254-267. Taylor & Francis. ISSN 2332-3256
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Abstract
Multispecies studies are known for tackling human exceptionalism. Whilst the field has seen a remarkable increase in popularity amongst scholars in the humanities and social sciences, critiques argue that it neglects inequalities and consequential differences amongst humans and between humans and other-than-humans. These critiques are especially relevant in the context of Southern Africa, where extreme inequalities amongst humans persist whilst wildlife is often perceived to enjoy a favoured position in the region‘s prominent conservation industries. As four researchers working in a multispecies study project focusing on the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area in Southern Africa, we pose the question of what a politicised multispecies studies might look like. In this article, we share our thoughts and reflections on working in this complex political landscape. Using insights from our own fields, we share some of the persistent concerns encountered during fieldwork and discuss and contextualise these by drawing on multispecies literature that deals with similar concerns. We identify three salient themes that should inform and politicise multispecies work in postcolonial conservation landscapes: historical legacies, reflexive positionalities and marginalised subjects.
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-735379 | ||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/23323256.2024.2314786 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Anthropology Southern Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 254-267 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2332-3256 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | ||||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 4: Außereuropäische Sprachen, Kulturen und Gesellschaften > Institut für Ethnologie | ||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects: | Customs, etiquette, folklore Natural sciences and mathematics |
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Funders: | ERC Rewilding | ||||||||||||||||||||
Projects: | Rewilding the Anthropocene | ||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/73537 |
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