Certain humans, certain animals : attitudes in the long term

Kristina Jennbert

Certain humans, certain animals : attitudes in the long term

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Do certain humans and animals have greater value than other humans and animals? The question will be discussed using some examples from pre-Christian burial practices and other depositions of human and animal bones in Scandinavia. During the pre-Christian period it seems that certain humans and certain animals were buried in graves made for the purpose, while other humans and animals were deposited in other contexts, for example in settlements and wetlands. The classification of species seems to be different from that in modern urban Western societies, and this raises questions concerning attitudes to animals and humans in the long term. Archaeological findings challenge the anthropocentric worldview of a stable human/animal division that has been one of the fundamentals for the development of modern Western societies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Exploring the animal turn : Human-animal relations in science, society and culture
Editors/authors	Erika Andersson Cederholm, Amelie Björck, Kristina Jennbert, Ann-Sofie Lönngren
Publisher	Pufendorfinstitutet, Lunds universitet
Pages	183-192
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-91-979893-8-1
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Exploring the animal turn : Changing perspectives on human-animal relations in science, society and culture - Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Scholars, Lund University Duration: 2014 May 26 → 2014 Jun 27

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Conference	Exploring the animal turn : Changing perspectives on human-animal relations in science, society and culture
Period	2014/05/26 → 2014/06/27

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Human-animal studies
archaeology
anthropocentrism
anthropomorphism
death
animal and human graves
mortuary practices
pre-Christian Scandinavia

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Jennbert, K 2014, Certain humans, certain animals : attitudes in the long term. in E Andersson Cederholm, A Björck, K Jennbert & A-S Lönngren (eds), Exploring the animal turn : Human-animal relations in science, society and culture. Pufendorfinstitutet, Lunds universitet, pp. 183-192, Exploring the animal turn : Changing perspectives on human-animal relations in science, society and culture, 2014/05/26.

Certain humans, certain animals : attitudes in the long term. / Jennbert, Kristina.
Exploring the animal turn : Human-animal relations in science, society and culture. ed. / Erika Andersson Cederholm; Amelie Björck; Kristina Jennbert; Ann-Sofie Lönngren. Pufendorfinstitutet, Lunds universitet, 2014. p. 183-192.

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