“Riding up forested mountain sides, in wide open spaces, and with walls”
Multi-species ethnography calls for new ways of engaging the contact zones or areas of entanglements among humans and other species. A number of studies identify and describe the roles of embodiment and bonding in developing a sense of partnership or co-being between horse and rider that challenge h...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ae0809c37df94c22bccff51c5fffcb05 2023-11-12T04:13:13+01:00 “Riding up forested mountain sides, in wide open spaces, and with walls” Dona Lee Davis Anita Maurstad Sarah Cowles 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.9993 https://doaj.org/article/ae0809c37df94c22bccff51c5fffcb05 EN eng Humanimalia https://humanimalia.org/article/view/9993 https://doaj.org/toc/2151-8645 doi:10.52537/humanimalia.9993 2151-8645 https://doaj.org/article/ae0809c37df94c22bccff51c5fffcb05 Humanimalia, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2013) Anthropology GN1-890 Zoology QL1-991 article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.9993 2023-10-22T00:41:14Z Multi-species ethnography calls for new ways of engaging the contact zones or areas of entanglements among humans and other species. A number of studies identify and describe the roles of embodiment and bonding in developing a sense of partnership or co-being between horse and rider that challenge hegemonic dualisms of horse-human or nature-culture. Less attention is paid to potential roles that the local physical environment or terrain where riding takes place can play in the development of particular horse-human relationships. Informed by a grounded practice theory approach, analysis of narrative data collected in sixty open-ended interviews with US Midwestern and north Norwegian horse people, who participate in different equestrian sports and ride within a variety of local settings, demonstrates complex ways in which terrains ridden effect a complex series of interwoven constructions of shared ecologies of horse-rider relations, identities, and psyches. Riding venues for this study include walled arenas, open spaces of the Great Plains, and forested mountains of Arctic Norway, wherein riders and horse enact their selves as highly schooled, deep thinkers; fearless, adrenaline junkies; self-pacing, heroic stoics, and/or as connoisseurs of nature’s versatility. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway Humanimalia 4 2 54 83 |
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Multi-species ethnography calls for new ways of engaging the contact zones or areas of entanglements among humans and other species. A number of studies identify and describe the roles of embodiment and bonding in developing a sense of partnership or co-being between horse and rider that challenge hegemonic dualisms of horse-human or nature-culture. Less attention is paid to potential roles that the local physical environment or terrain where riding takes place can play in the development of particular horse-human relationships. Informed by a grounded practice theory approach, analysis of narrative data collected in sixty open-ended interviews with US Midwestern and north Norwegian horse people, who participate in different equestrian sports and ride within a variety of local settings, demonstrates complex ways in which terrains ridden effect a complex series of interwoven constructions of shared ecologies of horse-rider relations, identities, and psyches. Riding venues for this study include walled arenas, open spaces of the Great Plains, and forested mountains of Arctic Norway, wherein riders and horse enact their selves as highly schooled, deep thinkers; fearless, adrenaline junkies; self-pacing, heroic stoics, and/or as connoisseurs of nature’s versatility. |
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