Sensing Multispecies Encounters

Art, Affect, and Ontology in Other-Than-Human Worlds
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-84249-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

Reihe: Postqualitative, New Materialist and Critical Posthumanist Research

This book explores the 'animal turn' that has reshaped humanities and social science scholarship over recent decades.

Chapters describe the nuanced engagements between humans, animals, plants and landscapes, challenging conventional anthropocentric perspectives and paving the way for a deeper understanding of multispecies relations. This volume navigates the contested territory of aesthetics, examines the intersections of art and anthropology, and sheds light on cross-cultural and cross-species interpretations. Through insightful essays and analyses, readers are invited to explore the theoretical and methodological challenges within multispecies worlds, while highlighting the influence of Indigenous knowledge on our perceptions and theories of non-human entities. It includes contributions from artists, archaeologists, historians and environmental humanities scholars.

This volume will be an essential resource for those seeking to expand their understanding of art, performance, and the intricate relationships between humans and non-humans. Whether exploring the complexities of nature/culture dichotomies or reimagining the boundaries of aesthetics, it offers a compelling journey into the vibrant tapestry of multispecies aesthetics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Motta, Ana Paula

Jones, Andrew Meirion

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Nicht-Graphische Kunstformen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abstract
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements

Introduction: On the challenges of Sensing Multispecies Encounters
Ana Paula Motta and Andrew Meirion Jones

Part I – Multispecies Landscapes and Materials
1 Multispecies Engagements and Cosmo-Politics: A Perspective from North-Central Chile (Southern Andes)
Andrés Troncoso

2 Transtemporal Storytelling and Speculative Folklore of Extraction
Christina Fredengren

3 Kinmaking and Settle Response-ability: Cultivating Moral Obligations Through Interspecies Earth/Work
Ruth Burke

4 Visual Enchantment and Captivating Styles
Bruno Vindrola-Padrós

Part II - Multispecies Encounters
5 Multispecies Dwellings and Deep Time Encounters: Kangaroos in Australian Identities
Ana Paula Motta

6 Thinking with Un-Charismatic Mini-Fauna
Caroline Owman

7 Genghis Khan’s Golden Whip: Material-Affect through Ritualistic Self-Flagellation as Performative Justice for Racehorses
Madeleine Boyd

8 Killing for survival? Art, Landscapes and Emasculated Human-Elephant Relationships in Rhodesia (Present Day Zimbabwe), Southern Africa, c. up to the 1970s
Eddington Maseya

Afterword: Flying Fox Aesthetics
Natsha Fijn

Über Autor(innen)

Ana Paula Motta is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel supported by a Gerda Henkel Stiftung. Her work bridges multispecies archaeology, Indigenous studies, and decolonial theory, grounded on a dual background in anthropology and archaeology.

Andrew Meirion Jones is Professor of Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden. He has taught and written extensively on the archaeology of art, particularly focusing on rock art and portable art and art-archaeology collaborations in decolonial museum contexts.