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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Species: a praxiographic study
Contributor:
Kirksey, Eben
Published:
Wiley, 2015
Published in:
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 21 (2015) 4, Seite 758-780
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/1467-9655.12286
ISSN:
1359-0987;
1467-9655
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Taxonomists, who describe new species, are acutely aware of how political, economic, and ecological forces bring new forms of life into being. Conducting ethnographic research among taxonomic specialists – experts who bring order to categories of animals, plants, fungi, and microbes – I found that they pay careful attention to the ebb and flow of agency in multispecies worlds. Emergent findings from genomics and information technologies are transforming existing categories and bringing new ones into being. This article argues that the concept of species remains a valuable sense‐making tool despite recent attacks from cultural critics.