Andrea Petitt
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Andrea Petitt deposited Conceptualizing the Multispecies Triad: Towards a Multispecies Interesectionality in the group
Bovine Scholarship Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoFeminist and multispecies anthropologies have decentered those most visible to appreciate the
perspectives of those othered in society—but also to better understand society at large. This article
goes beyond decentering the human toward decentering another analytical focus: the species
dyad. Building on previous work on gender–species int…[Read more] -
Andrea Petitt deposited Conceptualizing the Multispecies Triad: Towards a Multispecies Interesectionality on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months ago
Feminist and multispecies anthropologies have decentered those most visible to appreciate the
perspectives of those othered in society—but also to better understand society at large. This article
goes beyond decentering the human toward decentering another analytical focus: the species
dyad. Building on previous work on gender–species int…[Read more] -
Andrea Petitt deposited Designing Cattle: The social practice of constructing breeds in the group
Bovine Scholarship Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThis paper explores how cattle breeds are constructed through social practice—which we conceptually develop as “designing” cattle. We show how breed varieties are designed, informed by the social, material and moral embeddedness of cattle breeding associations’ visions of the future and how they draw on science and technology in their breedin…[Read more]
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Andrea Petitt deposited Breeding Beyond Bodies: Making and “Doing” Cattle in the group
Bovine Scholarship Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoDairy cows provide a spectacular example of what can be achieved with purposeful breeding of nonhuman animals in terms of increasing production and bodily adaptation to particular production systems. This implies that humans can make nonhuman bodies take whatever form they desire. However, the assumption that breeding outcomes are entirely shaped…[Read more]
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Andrea Petitt deposited Women and Cattle in the group
Bovine Scholarship Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoCattle form an integral part of lives, livelihoods, and landscapes in Botswana. They offer people socio-cultural and politico-economic means through which to participate in society as respected and supported citizens. When asked what it means to have cattle, many of our study respondents stated: “I feel like a person” or “cattle are life.” At the…[Read more]
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Andrea Petitt deposited Designing Cattle: The social practice of constructing breeds on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months ago
This paper explores how cattle breeds are constructed
through social practice—which we conceptually develop as “designing”
cattle. We show how breed varieties are designed, informed by the social,
material and moral embeddedness of cattle breeding associations’ visions
of the future and how they draw on science and technology in their breedin…[Read more] -
Andrea Petitt deposited Breeding Beyond Bodies: Making and “Doing” Cattle on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months ago
Dairy cows provide a spectacular example of what can be achieved with purposeful
breeding of nonhuman animals in terms of increasing production and bodily adaptation
to particular production systems. This implies that humans can make nonhuman
bodies take whatever form they desire. However, the assumption that breeding
outcomes are entirely…[Read more] -
Andrea Petitt deposited Women and Cattle “Becoming-With” in Botswana on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months ago
Cattle form an integral part of lives, livelihoods, and landscapes in Botswana. They offer people socio-cultural and politico-economic means through which to participate in society as respected and supported citizens. When asked what it means to have cattle, many of our study respondents stated: “I feel like a person” or “cattle are life.” At the…[Read more]
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