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Equine Cultures in Transition: Ethical Questions book cover

1st Edition

Equine Cultures in Transition Ethical Questions

Edited By Jonna Bornemark, Petra Andersson, Ulla Ekström von Essen Copyright 2019
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge
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Societal views on animals are rapidly changing and have become more diversified: can we use them for our own pleasure, and how should we understand animal agency? These questions, asked both in theoretical discourses and different practices, are also relevant for our understanding of horses and the human–horse relation. Equine Cultures in Transition stands as the first volume to bring... Read more


Introduction: subjectivity and ethical questions in an equestrian world in transformation



JonnaBornemark



Part I



Horses at work



1 Horses’ labour and work-lives: new intellectual and ethical directions



KendraCoulter



2 Working cowhorses in multispecies encounters



AndreaPetitt



3 Who is the horse? Horse assisted therapy as a possibility for understanding horses



PetraAndersson



4 Martha Nussbaum’s capability approach and equine assisted therapy: an analysis for both humans and horses



HenrikLerner and GunillaSilfverberg



Part II



Leadership, power, and training methodology



5 Put the horse in place: on communicative practices in horse–human relationships



AnitaMaurstad



6 Power, ethics, and animal rights



Paul Patton



7 Between behaviourism, posthumanism, and animal rights theory: negative and positive reinforcement in liberty dressage



UllaEkström von Essen and JonnaBornemark



Part III



Problematic practices?



8 He loves to race – or does he? Ethics and welfare in racing



IrisBergmann



9 Descriptive Falsterbo Moments – or the art of equestrian photography made popular



Crispin PareliusJohannessen



10 Dressage dilemmas: ethics where sport and art collide



Kirrilly Thompson



11 wriding



Marie Fahlin



Part IV



Negotiations in contemporary dressage



12 Riders’ understanding of the role of their horse in sports dressage



MariZetterqvistBlokhuisand PetraAndersson



13 A bifocal perspective on the riding school: on Lévinas and equine faces



David Redmalm



14 What do trainers teach their riders about horses and riding? An interaction analysis study of sports dressage training



Charlotte Lundgren



　



Part V



Horse keeping



15 Interpreting animals in spaces of cohabitance: narration and the role of animal agency at horse livery yards



NoraSchuurman and Alex Franklin



16 Perspectives on horse keeping and welfare in peri-urban landscapes



MonicaHammer, Madeleine Bonow, and Mona Petersson



Index

Biography

Jonna Bornemark is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Centre for Studies in Practical Knowledge, Södertörn University, Sweden.



Petra Andersson is a researcher in Practical Philosophy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.



Ulla Ekström von Essen is Associate Professor in History of Ideas at the Centre for Studies in Practical Knowledge at Södertörn University, Sweden.

"The studies presented in the book are long-awaited. It is the first volume bringing together ethical questions of interspecies relationships in several contexts...this volume brings together advanced new theoretical frameworks, inspiring empirical studies and compelling methodological suggestions challenging, stimulating and provoking our understanding of humans, horses and their practices and relationships." - Susanna Hedenborg, Malmö University
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