Advancing the social neuroscience of human-animal interaction: The role of salivary bioscience.

Author(s):  
Nancy A. Dreschel ◽  
Douglas A. Granger
Jurnal Common ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Nahemia Audrian

Interaksi manusia dengan hewan telah menjadi fenomena yang selalu terjadi selama berabad-abad.   Salah satu hewan yang memiliki kapabilitas kecerdasan tinggi dalam berkomunikasi ialah lumba-lumba. Lumba-Lumba ialah salah satu mamalia laut yang sering di pertunjukan di berbagai wahana wisata, sirkus, hiburan, juga penelitian maupun pengobatan. Keterlibatan lumba-lumba ini tidak terlepas dari peran pelatih yang selalu berinteraksi dalam melatih lumba-lumba.  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui makna pengalaman pelatih dalam berinteraksi dengan lumba-lumba dalam pertunjukan “Dolphin Show” di Ocean Dream Samudra – Ancol. Pemaknaan nilai-nilai hidup dalam pengimplikasian jenis komunikasi yang diterapkan pelatih dalam metode pelatihan menjadi dasar pembahasan. Peneltian dilakukan di dolphinarium Ocean Dream Samudera – Taman Impian Jaya Ancol.  Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan fenomenologi interpretatif dengan pendekatan model Collaizi (1978) sebagai teknik analisis data beserta triangulasi sumber data. Interaksi antar pelatih dan lumba-lumba didasarkan oleh rasa cinta pada hewan yang didukung oleh penggunaan jenis komunikasi seperti verbal, gestur, objek, peluit ultrasonik, fokus tatapan mata, dan bahasa telepati. Interaksi didukung juga oleh perubahan makna simbol, proses konsisten disiplin dan pemberian reward dalam proses latihan. Kesalahan berinteraksi yang terjadi saat pertunjukan ditutupi oleh kemahiran pelatih dalam improvisasi acting. Koneksi yang terjalin antar pelatih dan lumba-lumba memungkinkan komunikasi antar manusia dan hewan dapat terjadi.   Abstract Human - animal interaction has always been a phenomenon throughout hundreds of years. One of the cleverest animal species that have high inteligence capability in communication are dolphins. Dolphins are one of the cetacean group that often being shown in various places such as theme park, circus, entertainment, research and also medication centre. This involvement of dolphins usually attached with the role of trainers that always interact while training those dolphins. This research aimed to discover the meaning of trainers and dolphins’ interaction experience in “Dolphin Show” Ocean Dream Samudra – Ancol. The meaning of life value in implicating communication aspects used by trainers becoming analysis foundation. This research was held in Ocean Dream Samudra – Taman Impian Jaya Ancol. This research uses Collaizi’s (1978) model as data analysis techniques and the triangulation sources of data. Interaction between trainers and dolphins is based on the feeling of love for animals in which supported by incorporating communication aspects such as verbal, gesture, objects, ultrasonic whistle, focus in eye sight, and telepathy. The changes in meaning produced by symbol and the consistency, discipline and reward management in training also support the interaction process. Miss comunication that occur during shows, covered by the ability of acting improvisation. The connection between trainers and dolphins enabling communication between human and animals.


2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Elizabeth Pinto ◽  
Donna Foulkes

This paper draws on Martha Nussbaum’s account of the nature of human well-being to explore the role of animals in formal education settings. Nussbaum equates well-being with human flourishing, and argues that people live well when engaged in essential functions that are particular capabilities, each a necessary but insufficient contributor to well-being. One of these capabilities is the ability to “to have concern for and live with other animals, plants and the environment.” Yet, this condition of well-being remains largely unexplored among in education. In recent years, the benefits of human-animal interaction in education settings has been researched and discussed in the social sciences, particularly  the use of dogs to aid reluctant readers in literacy development, and the use of therapy dogs in universities during final examination blocks. This paper presents findings of one particular research project of the effects of a unique, Canadian school-based cooperative education program, “Under One Woof,” in which students work with animals.  Based on interviews, students’ own stories of the impact of animal interaction – particularly in light of other challenges they faced academically and socially – appear to support other empirical accounts of positive effects of animals in education settings, and offer insight into the nature and effects of human-animal interaction as an element of well-being.


2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifton Flynn

AbstractSociologists have largely ignored the role of animals in society. This article argues that human-animal interaction is a topic worthy of sociological consideration and applies a sociological analysis to one problematic aspect of human-animal relationships - animal cruelty. The article reformulates animal cruelty, traditionally viewed using a psychopathological model, from a sociological perspective.The article identifies social and cultural factors related to the occurrence of animal cruelty. Ultimately, animal cruelty is a serious social problem that deserves attention in its own right, not just because of its association with human violence.


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