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SUMMARY:Interspecies Iceland: more-than-human geographies\, genealogies an
 d family histories - Professor Catherine Nash\, Queen Mary University of L
 ondon
DTSTART:20151022T151500Z
DTEND:20151022T170000Z
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CONTACT:Ave Lauren
DESCRIPTION:This paper presents the conceptual framework and preliminary f
 ield research on a project on human-horse relatedness in Iceland. The proj
 ect seeks to extend geographical work on human and non-human relations by 
 exploring the landscapes\, practices\, knowledges\, meanings and affective
  dimensions of the relationships between horses and people\, through a foc
 us on interspecies kinship. This includes addressing the relationships bet
 ween family histories\, horse pedigrees and histories of horse breeding\, 
 and how affective relatedness is made in practice in horse breeding\, care
  and riding. The focus on interspecies kinship in Iceland reflects the sig
 nificance of Icelandic horses to ideas of national origins and heritage\, 
 but also to family histories\, rural livelihood and contemporary culture. 
 In this work I consider family histories and genealogies of people and hor
 ses in Iceland as entangled records of human-animal co-existence and pract
 iced relatedness. Through this distinctive focus on interspecies kinship a
 nd use of creative research methods\, this project seeks to address the pl
 ace of horses in national\, regional\, local and family histories and land
 scapes\, and the affective\, embodied and practiced nature of human-horse 
 relationships.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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