The study of human-animal relations in anthropology and archaeology (I)

Sonja, Žakula, Ivana, Živaljević

Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU

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http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-08611802255Z

2018-2020/03/24/16:27:41

This paper is the first of the two planned, in which we will focus on the approaches to the study of human-animal relations in ethnology and anthropology and archaeology. Even though interest in the role of animals in human societies is almost as old as the disciplines the authors of this paper come from, changes and turbulences that the social sciences and the humanities went through in the 1980’s meant that the old foundations on which this interest was based came into question. Given the complexity and scope of the topic, the narrative on the study of human-animal relations in anthropology and archaeology is divided into two parts. In this first paper, we will offer a diachronic review of approaches to the study of animals, animal remains and human-animal relations from the establishment of our disciplines to approximately the end of the 20th century, and map changes and convergent theoretical and methodological tendencies which have led to asking new and different questions about relationships between humans and other animals, but also opened vast possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. III 47001: Kulturno nasleđe i identitet" and Grant no. 177026: Bioarheologija drevne Evrope: ljudi, životinje i biljke u praistoriji Srbije]

archaeology, ethnology and anthropology, human-animal relations, interdisciplinarity