Composing worlds with elephants: interdisciplinary dialogues

Nicolas Lainé; Paul G. Keil; Khatijah Rahmat

doi:10.4000/books.irdeditions.47183

Composing worlds with elephants: interdisciplinary dialogues

Nicolas Lainé (Editor), Paul G. Keil (Editor), Khatijah Rahmat (Editor)

School of Communication, Society and Culture

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Composing Worlds with Elephants is an interdisciplinary dialogue exploring the historical, social, and ecological entanglement of humans and elephants, a thousands of years old interspecies connection that is multi-dimensional, ambivalent, and always changing.
Focusing largely on elephants and peoples across Asia, the research in this volume addresses key issues in the study of their relationship including: dimensions of coexistence, cultures of elephant husbandry, and animal agency. Chapters expand how we conceptualize and study elephants, offering ideas that might also help us live better with these endangered animals.
Academic texts are supported by visual contributions from three acclaimed guest artists, original visions that enrich our understanding of human-elephant worlds. Composing Worlds with Elephants is of value to researchers of human-animal relations across the humanities, social and natural sciences, as well as conservationists and an engaged public interested in exploring new perspectives on humanity's connection with these charismatic giants.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Marseille
Publisher	IRD Éditions
Number of pages	346
ISBN (Electronic)	9782709929950
ISBN (Print)	9782709929936
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4000/books.irdeditions.47183
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023

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Name	Mondes vivants
Publisher	IRD Editions

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Copyright the Publisher 2023. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

Keywords

elephant
human-elephant
Asia
mahout
wildlife conflict
working animal

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