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dc.contributor.editorBonnell, Jennifer
dc.contributor.editorKheraj, Sean
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-14T12:28:18Z
dc.date.available2022-10-14T12:28:18Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58668
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding the relationships between humans and animals is essential to a full understanding of both our present and our shared past. Across the humanities and social sciences, researchers have embraced the ‘animal turn,’ a multispecies approach to scholarship, with historians at the forefront of new research in human-animal studies that blends traditional research methods with interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks that decenter humans in historical narratives. These exciting approaches come with core methodological challenges for scholars seeking to better understand the past from non-anthropocentric perspectives. Whether in a large public archive, a small private collection, or the oral histories of living memories, stories of animals are mediated by the humans who have inscribed the records and organized archival collections. In oral histories, the place of animals in the past are further refracted by the frailty of human memory and recollection. Only traces remain for researchers to read and interpret. Bringing together seventeen original essays by a leading group of international scholars, Traces of the Animal Past showcases the innovative methods historians use to unearth and explain how animals fit into our collective histories. Situating the historian within the narrative, bringing transparency to methodological processes, and reflecting on the processes and procedures of current research, this book presents new approaches and new directions for a maturing field of historical inquiry.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCanadian History and Environmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statisticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest::WNC Wildlife: general interesten_US
dc.subject.otherAnimal studies;animal history;methodology;theory;animals in society;animal labour;animal labor;animal rights;animal cruelty;animal captivity;animal health;animals in science;animal diaspora;archival research;oral research;archival history;oral history;environmental history;environmental humanities;wildlife research;animal-human relationships;hunting and trapping;museums;public history;history of scienceen_US
dc.titleTraces of the Animal Pasten_US
dc.title.alternativeMethodological Challenges in Animal Historyen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy5c7afbd8-3329-4175-a51e-9949eb959527en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781773853840en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781773853833en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781773853864en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781773853871en_US
oapen.series.number11en_US
oapen.pages284en_US


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