Title

Animals, Plants, People, and Things: A Review of Multispecies Ethnography

Authors

Laura Ogden, Department of Global and Socicultural Studies, Florida International UniversityFollow
Billy Hall
Kamiko Tanita, Department of Global and Socicultural Studies, Florida International University

Abstract

This article defines multispecies ethnography and links this scholarship to broader currents within academia, including in the biosciences, philosophy, political ecology, and animal welfare activism. The article is organized around a set of productive tensions identified in the review of the literature. It ends with a discussion of the “ethnographic” in multispecies ethnography, urging ethnographers to bring a “speculative wonder” to their mode of inquiry and writing.

Comments

The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ares.2013.040102

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research program under Cooperative Agreements #DBI-0620409 and #DEB-9910514. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Recommended Citation

Ogden, L.A., W. Hall, K. Tanita. 2013. Animals, Plants and People: A Review of Multispecies Ethnography. Environment & Society 4: 5-24. DOI: 10.3167/ares.2013.040102