Pandemic puppy: polydisciplinamory in (post?) pandemic times

Stacy Holman Jones, Daniel X. Harris

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Abstract

This performative piece considers human–animal relations in pandemic and post(?) pandemic times, in particular the exponential increase in pet adoptions during the COVID-19 lockdowns and the subsequent spectacular rise in pet relinquishments and abandonments following the easing of lockdowns and restrictions. We consider Jack Halberstam’s argument around the “zombie humanism” of pet ownership in relation to Donna Haraway’s ideas on human–animal kinship and Natalie Loveless’s notion of “polydisciplinamory” as an eros-powered alternative to the constraints of discipline-focused approaches to creative research/research creation. We bring these lines of thoughts together to propose a position of “poly-puppy-amory” as an antidote to the binary and heteronormative approaches both human–animal relations and the work of artistic qualitative research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)509-517
Number of pages9
JournalCultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2023

Keywords

  • arts based inquiry
  • autoethnography
  • ethnographies
  • gender and sexuality
  • methodologies
  • methods of inquiry
  • performance ethnography
  • queer theory

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