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Feathered Entanglements: Human-Bird Relations in the Anthropocene

Feathered Entanglements: Human-Bird Relations in the Anthropocene

Laugrand, Frédéric
Simon, Scott E.

Paperback

AnthropologyBirdsEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 077487001X
ISBN13: 9780774870016
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: Jul 6 2025
Pages: 348
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A reminder of the important history between humans and birds.

As they migrated across great distances, ancient humans may have used birdsong and bird sightings to find food and water in unseen territory. Today, attending to birds helps scientists track not only avian migration but also environmental change. Birds remain our sentinels.

Feathered Entanglements offers a rich tapestry of human-bird relations across the Indo-Pacific. In this era of uncontrolled industrialization, we have grown increasingly disconnected from the natural world. This book examines how birds feature in the daily life, symbolic systems, and material culture of humans, from pigeon keeping on the rooftops of Amman to the rituals of Indigenous peoples in Taiwan. Through these examples, the authors reveal how we can learn to live with other species amid the challenges of the Anthropocene.

In a time of intensifying ecological crisis, we need, more than ever, to protect and appreciate nonhuman lives. Feathered Entanglements embraces the connection between humans, birds, and our shared world.

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