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Konsumtionskultur: Innebörder och praktiker

Recension av Johansson, Barbro, Peterson McIntyre, Magdalena & Sörum, Niklas (red.) 2019. Konsumtionskultur: Innebörder och praktiker. En vänbok till Helene Brembeck. Göteborg/Stockholm: Makadam.

Konsten att sticka

Recension av Rauhala, Anna 2019. Neulonnan taito. Kansatieteellinen Arkisto 59. Helsinki: Suomen muinaisyhdistys.

När diagnosen blir en identitet

Recension av Trevor J Blank & Andrea Kitta (red.) 2015. Diagnosing Folklore – Perspectives on Disability, Health and Trauma. Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi.

Människor och andra djur

Inget abstract.

Författarpresentationer

Writers in this volume of Budkavlen

Mellan hästens öga och människans strävan

Between the horse’s eye and the human endeavor. A dialectical relationship embodied in biographical portraits Winroth, AnnCristin Keywords: horse and human, antropomorfism, biographical portraits of horses, interspecies relationship Describing horses or other animals in portrait-like fragments or statements is an established practice and a genre that occurs in different kinds of materials and contexts. What does the portrayal of the horse do with the interaction space and with its possibility for agency? This thinking has prompted an investigation of the discourse on horses and discussions about an intergenerational relationship within a life history story. The purpose is to seek to create insight into the animal-human relationship through a close reading of written portraits and descriptions of intertwined biographies within interview material. The article is mainly based on two subject-oriented life history interviews with experienced horse owners, as well as two written portraits of unique horses. Questions addressed in the processing of the material are: How do the informants describe their horse partners? What impact do these interpretations have on the relationship space and to a possible cross-species interaction? How is the significance of the intergenerational relationship expressed in depictions of a shared life course? A central starting point for the understanding of the animal-human relationship is that it is constructivist, in line with contemporary animal studies in humanities and social science research. In the intergenerational space created between a horse and its human, the relationship is considered unique and dialectical. It is negotiated and expressed through socially and culturally expected formats within a very specific context. The phrase The horse’s eye is used in the title as a symbolic and real point of reference that reveals both the horse’s mode and mood, which its human has to take into account. The words Human endeavour refer to the everyday practice that is expressed through the horse owner’s sensual experiences, thoughts, attitudes, training and nursing. Stories reflecting the horse experience refer to both stable and more temporary syntheses within this intergenerational relationship space. The division of roles between horse and human can be perceived as relatively equal or it alternates between different situations, as exemplified in the empirical sections.

Ett feministiskt credo

Catarina Harjunen disputerade för doktorsgraden vid ämnet nordisk folkloristik den 4 september 2020 vid Åbo Akademi med avhandlingen Att dansa med de(t) skeva. Erotiska möten mellan människa och naturväsen i finlandssvenska folksägner. Som opponent fungerade docent, lektor Maria Bäckman, Stockholms universitet och som kustos professor Lena Marander-Eklund.

Bläckfiskar

Cephalopods. On staged animals and popular science conventions at public aquariums. Lars Kaijser Keywords: Aquarium, cephalopod, popular science The article discusses the way animals are portrayed in popular science, using cephalopods at public aquariums as the basis. Public aquariums tend to display a set of animals that could be described as flagship species. These are animals reoccurring as live examples in tanks, used in marketing and sold as toys in the gift shop. Often, the presentations of these animals are enhanced with scientific facts that are combined with popular cultural stories and well-known iconographies. Together they form what could be labelled as popular science animals, easily recognisable animals with charismatic features. At aquariums, this generally refers to sharks, jellyfish, penguins, frogs or clownfish. The focus is on the biology of the animals, but equal importance is placed on the stories and popular-cultural association frameworks. The popular science animal is comprised of elements from different domains of knowledge, ranging from biology and cultural history to folklore and popular culture. These insights can be contradictory, and one important feature of presentations at aquariums is the endeavour to distinguish between fact and myth. At the same time, the myth is an important resource when curating exhibits and attracting attention. It is part of the convention that the selection of knowledge is not only chosen to inform people about animals but also to entertain and surprise them. The cephalopod is at the crossroad of research and imagination, viewed as enigmatic, fascinating, and fearful. It is characterised as smart, a superhero and a marker for both discoveries and knowledge gaps. The cephalopod, especially the octopus, is an animal that in many ways represents modernity.