DOGS, HISTORY, AND AGENCY[This is a ].
Drawing on posthumanist theories from geography, anthropology, and science and technology studies (STS), this article argues that agency is shared unevenly between humans and nonhumans. It proposes that conceptualizing animals as agents allows them to enter history as active beings rather than stati...
| Publicado en: | History & Theory Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 128 - 146 |
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