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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 509-517 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2023 |
Keywords
- arts based inquiry
- autoethnography
- ethnographies
- gender and sexuality
- methodologies
- methods of inquiry
- performance ethnography
- queer theory