TY  - GEN
AU  - Mansrud, Anja
AU  - Windle, Morgan
AU  - Armstrong-Oma, Kristin
AU  - Živaljević, Ivana
AU  - Žakula, Sonja
AU  - Piezonka, Henny
AU  - Dudeck, Stephan
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://www.ucd.ie/chags13/academicprogramme/sessionsandpaperabstracts/
UR  - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/14351
AB  - This session proposes multispecies approaches and understandings advanced within the ontological turn, as analytical frameworks for exploring how hunter-gatherers past and present were living (well?) with other species. Prehistoric archaeology, entailing the study of human and animal remains from the beginnings of humanity, on a global scale, can contribute in a unique way to explore what it means to be human in a world populated by non-human others. Throughout the Holocene humans have lived with animals in multispecies environments. How humans have lived with animals varies within, and between, societies. Animals have been bred, domesticated, buried, hunted, and fished, nurtured as pets and companions in addition to being exploited as food and materials. We also reflect on the role of insects as cultural agents, by focusing on how insects have impacted hunterfisher lifeways in the past and present, and what sort of challenges or solutions can insects represent to hunter-gatherers. A multispecies approach, inspired by ethology and biosemiotics, entanglement theory, and native ontologies, recognize that prehistoric communities were entwined with nonhumans in social as well as ecological and economic ways. We further embrace the concept of «egomorphism» (Milton 2005), a perspective acknowledging that humans perceive animals as similar to themselves and able to partake in social relations, as a viable road to overcome the polarization between Western and indigenous ontologies, while still taking native perspectives seriously. Archaeology is largely invisible in current debates about the Anthropocene and human influence on the environment. Although archaeological periods lie far beyond the onset of this geological epoch as currently defined, engaging with the debates encourages us to reflect on relations to nature and animals past and present, and our role and place in the world. Archaeological finds can challenge present norms and understandings and provide depth and diversity to the Anthropocene-debate which would not be accessible from anthropological, geographical or historical data. We welcome papers exploring multispecies relations from a variety of perspectives – relational, zoo/biosemiotic, ethological, historical, anthropological, environmental and phenomenological, regardless of chronological, geographical or cultural context. Contributions may focus on methods, models, case studies or theoretical frameworks.
PB  - Dublin : University College
T2  - "Living well together" Conferences on hunting and gathering societies 13, University college Dublin 2022 - conference sessions
T1  - Multispecies worlds and socio-centric societies – living together with animals, plants, and insects
SP  - 1
EP  - 1
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14351
ER  - 

@misc{
author = "Mansrud, Anja and Windle, Morgan and Armstrong-Oma, Kristin and Živaljević, Ivana and Žakula, Sonja and Piezonka, Henny and Dudeck, Stephan",
year = "2022",
abstract = "This session proposes multispecies approaches and understandings advanced within the ontological turn, as analytical frameworks for exploring how hunter-gatherers past and present were living (well?) with other species. Prehistoric archaeology, entailing the study of human and animal remains from the beginnings of humanity, on a global scale, can contribute in a unique way to explore what it means to be human in a world populated by non-human others. Throughout the Holocene humans have lived with animals in multispecies environments. How humans have lived with animals varies within, and between, societies. Animals have been bred, domesticated, buried, hunted, and fished, nurtured as pets and companions in addition to being exploited as food and materials. We also reflect on the role of insects as cultural agents, by focusing on how insects have impacted hunterfisher lifeways in the past and present, and what sort of challenges or solutions can insects represent to hunter-gatherers. A multispecies approach, inspired by ethology and biosemiotics, entanglement theory, and native ontologies, recognize that prehistoric communities were entwined with nonhumans in social as well as ecological and economic ways. We further embrace the concept of «egomorphism» (Milton 2005), a perspective acknowledging that humans perceive animals as similar to themselves and able to partake in social relations, as a viable road to overcome the polarization between Western and indigenous ontologies, while still taking native perspectives seriously. Archaeology is largely invisible in current debates about the Anthropocene and human influence on the environment. Although archaeological periods lie far beyond the onset of this geological epoch as currently defined, engaging with the debates encourages us to reflect on relations to nature and animals past and present, and our role and place in the world. Archaeological finds can challenge present norms and understandings and provide depth and diversity to the Anthropocene-debate which would not be accessible from anthropological, geographical or historical data. We welcome papers exploring multispecies relations from a variety of perspectives – relational, zoo/biosemiotic, ethological, historical, anthropological, environmental and phenomenological, regardless of chronological, geographical or cultural context. Contributions may focus on methods, models, case studies or theoretical frameworks.",
publisher = "Dublin : University College",
journal = ""Living well together" Conferences on hunting and gathering societies 13, University college Dublin 2022 - conference sessions",
title = "Multispecies worlds and socio-centric societies – living together with animals, plants, and insects",
pages = "1-1",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14351"
}

Mansrud, A., Windle, M., Armstrong-Oma, K., Živaljević, I., Žakula, S., Piezonka, H.,& Dudeck, S.. (2022). Multispecies worlds and socio-centric societies – living together with animals, plants, and insects. in "Living well together" Conferences on hunting and gathering societies 13, University college Dublin 2022 - conference sessions
Dublin : University College., 1-1.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14351

Mansrud A, Windle M, Armstrong-Oma K, Živaljević I, Žakula S, Piezonka H, Dudeck S. Multispecies worlds and socio-centric societies – living together with animals, plants, and insects. in "Living well together" Conferences on hunting and gathering societies 13, University college Dublin 2022 - conference sessions. 2022;:1-1.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14351 .

Mansrud, Anja, Windle, Morgan, Armstrong-Oma, Kristin, Živaljević, Ivana, Žakula, Sonja, Piezonka, Henny, Dudeck, Stephan, "Multispecies worlds and socio-centric societies – living together with animals, plants, and insects" in "Living well together" Conferences on hunting and gathering societies 13, University college Dublin 2022 - conference sessions (2022):1-1,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14351 .