The Benefits of the Cold and Domestication A New Understanding of Human-Animal Partnerships for Thriving in Extreme Environments

This book explores cooperation between humans and animals in extreme environments and contends that understanding domestication is crucial to explaining how life is possible in such conditions. The chapters draw on work from anthropology, genetics, law, and geography, with a range of ethnographic ca...

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Main Authors: Stammler, Florian, Takakura, Hiroki
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Routledge 2025
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition:1
Series:Arctic Worlds
Subjects:
animal autonomy
Anthropology
Applied ecology
arctic domestication
Biodiversity
Domestic animals-Cold Regions-Case studies
domestication
Domestication-Cold Regions-Case studies
dzud
Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
ecology
ethnography
florian stammler
genetics
Geography
hiroki takakura
Human geography
human-animal relations
Human-animal relationships-Cold Regions-Case studies
law
northern domestication
Pastoral systems-Cold Regions-Case studies
Regional geography
Social and cultural anthropology
Social impact of environmental issues
Social Science
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology and anthropology
The environment
anthropology
human-animal relations
hiroki takakura
law
florian stammler
dzud
animal autonomy
arctic domestication
ecology
genetics
geography
domestication
ethnography
northern domestication
ISBN:0367463709, 1032955910, 9780367463700, 9781032955919, 9780367467401, 1040336701, 0367467402, 9781040336762, 1040336760, 9781040336700
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Summary:This book explores cooperation between humans and animals in extreme environments and contends that understanding domestication is crucial to explaining how life is possible in such conditions. The chapters draw on work from anthropology, genetics, law, and geography, with a range of ethnographic case studies from cold environments. The contributors offer new evidence for rethinking the dichotomy of trust vs domination previously used to characterize human-animal relations. They show how humans and animals partner for survival, and how a cold environment does not merely threaten existence but rather creates opportunities. Domestication is presented as a continuous, mutually beneficial human-animal relationship of becoming familiar with each other and the surrounding environment, which can lead to a symbiotic partnership of multiple agents for adapting to changes including a warming climate. This volume will be relevant to scholars from anthropology, geography, and related disciplines interested in human-animal relations, ecology, and the environment, particularly in the North.
Bibliography:Funded by: Multiple Funders
MODID-943f4d11b5b:Taylor & Francis
ISBN:0367463709
1032955910
9780367463700
9781032955919
9780367467401
1040336701
0367467402
9781040336762
1040336760
9781040336700
DOI:10.4324/9780367467401