[en] Based on fieldwork conducted in a European aquatic park, this chapter focuses on the “emotional work” of trainers in their relationships with dolphins. The first part argues that there is an ideological conflict in the very definition of what a dolphin is – and in the emotions that their death deserve –, while the second part examines more deeply the communications system (based on the sharing of kinesic structures) that trainers and dolphins built in this specific park
Research Center/Unit :
IRSS-LASC - Institut de recherches en Sciences Sociale. Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle - ULiège
Disciplines :
Anthropology
Author, co-author :
Servais, Véronique ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences sociales > Anthropologie de la communication
Language :
English
Title :
Affective regulations. Insight from dolphin-human interactions in confined environments
Publication date :
20 July 2023
Main work title :
Elusive Partners, Contemporary anthropological perspectives on marine species
