Multiple Nature-Cultures, Diverse Anthropologies /
Edited by Casper Bruun Jensen and Atsuro Morita.
- New York, N.Y. : Berghahn, 2019.
- vii, 161 p. : ill., photos.
- Studies in Social Analysis ; Volume 9 .
"Originally published as a special issue of Social Analysis, volume 61, issue 2" -- Title page verso.
Included bibliographical references.
Introduction: Minor Traditions, Shizen Equivocations, and Sophisticated Conjunctions / Casper Bruun Jensen and Atsuro Morita -- Naturalism and the Invention of Identity / Marilyn Strathern -- Between Two Truths: Time in Physics and Fiji / Naoki Kasuga -- Natures of Naturalism: Reaching Bedrock in Climate Science / Martin Skrydstrup -- Raw Data: Making Relations Matter / Antonia Walford -- Methods for Multispecies Anthropology: Thinking with Salmon Otoliths and Scales / Heather Anne Swanson -- A Theory of 'Animal Borders': Thoughts and Practices toward Non-human Animals among the G|ui Hunter-Gatherers / Kazuyoshi Sugawara -- Delta Ontologies: Infrastructural Transformations in the Chao Phraya Delta, Thailand / Atsuro Morita and Casper Bruun Jensen -- The Ontological Turn: Taking Different Worlds Seriously / Andrew Pickering.
"Over time, the role of nature in anthropology has evolved from being a mere backdrop for social and cultural diversity to being viewed as an integral part of the ontological entanglement of human and nonhuman agents. This transformation of the role of nature offers important insight into the relationships between diverse anthropological traditions. By highlighting natural-cultural worlds alongside these traditions, Multiple Nature-Cultures, Diverse Anthropologies explores the potential for creating more sophisticated conjunctions of anthropological knowledge and practice"--