dolphin trainers; affects; human-dolphin interactions; animal studies; anthropology of animals
Abstract :
[en] Drawing from fieldwork in a marine park, the presentation will describe the relationship that dolphins and their trainers develop. It appears that learning how to be affected by and how to affect the partner is a key component of an interspecific collaboration that isn’t sheer domination
Disciplines :
Anthropology
Author, co-author :
Servais, Véronique ; Université de Liège > Faculté des sciences sociales > Anthropologie de la communication
Language :
English
Title :
Affective work in living and working with captive dolphins
Alternative titles :
[fr] Le travail affectif dans les relations entre des soigneurs et leurs dauphins
Publication date :
July 2016
Event name :
EASA 2016 : Anthropological Legacies and human future