The muskox world: human-animal histories in the Arctic
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The muskox world : human-animal histories in the Arctic. / Hastrup, Kirsten.
In: Acta Borealia, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2022, p. 6-23.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The muskox world
T2 - human-animal histories in the Arctic
AU - Hastrup, Kirsten
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This article follows the trail of muskoxen over many millennia and continents, focussing on their relations to humans–as their hunters and their protectors, itinerant partners and boundary makers. The human-animal histories referred to in the title began when the Pleistocene era was replaced by the Holocene and continued until the present. The article is not “historical” in the sense of being governed by a strict timeline, but the argument unfolds through topics of different historical origins, tracing particular themes. It starts with “origins” and the early loss of genetic variation, proceeds to early modern naturalist “discovery” and naming, and then onwards to early twentieth-century political skirmishes over territories and hunting rights, and finally to recent activities of muskox hunting. The story closes with a reflection on the poetics of the Muskox World.
AB - This article follows the trail of muskoxen over many millennia and continents, focussing on their relations to humans–as their hunters and their protectors, itinerant partners and boundary makers. The human-animal histories referred to in the title began when the Pleistocene era was replaced by the Holocene and continued until the present. The article is not “historical” in the sense of being governed by a strict timeline, but the argument unfolds through topics of different historical origins, tracing particular themes. It starts with “origins” and the early loss of genetic variation, proceeds to early modern naturalist “discovery” and naming, and then onwards to early twentieth-century political skirmishes over territories and hunting rights, and finally to recent activities of muskox hunting. The story closes with a reflection on the poetics of the Muskox World.
KW - hunting
KW - Muskox origins
KW - poetics
KW - politics
KW - trading
KW - transplants
U2 - 10.1080/08003831.2022.2060579
DO - 10.1080/08003831.2022.2060579
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85128909354
VL - 39
SP - 6
EP - 23
JO - Acta Borealia
JF - Acta Borealia
SN - 0800-3831
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 311608792