Social representations of animal diseases: anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriers
Debates about emerging infectious diseases often oppose natural conceptions of zoonotic reservoirs with cultural practices bringing humans into contact with animals. This article compares the representations of cross-species pathogens at ontological levels below the opposition between nature and cul...
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| author | Keck Frédéric Lainé Nicolas Morvan Arnaud Ruhlmann Sandrine |
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| description | Debates about emerging infectious diseases often oppose natural conceptions of zoonotic reservoirs with cultural practices bringing humans into contact with animals. This article compares the representations of cross-species pathogens at ontological levels below the opposition between nature and culture. It describes the perceptions of distinctions between interiority and physicality, between wild and domestic, and between sick and dead in three different contexts where human societies manage animal diseases: Australia, Laos and Mongolia. Our article also argues that zoonotic pathogens are one of the entities mobilized by local knowledge to attenuate troubles in ordinary relations with animals, and shows that the conservation of cultural heritage is a tool of mitigation for infectious diseases emerging in animal reservoirs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aff71a9cba8845fa9b6595d72e1e54062023-12-02T11:38:53ZengEDP SciencesParasite1776-10422021-01-01283510.1051/parasite/2021032parasite200071Social representations of animal diseases: anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriersKeck Frédéric0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7711-7288Lainé Nicolas1Morvan Arnaud2Ruhlmann Sandrine3UMR 7130 – LAS – CNRS/EHESS/Collège de FranceUMR 208 – IRD/MNHN – “Patrimoines Locaux Environnement et Globalisation”, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Homme et EnvironnementUMR 7130 – LAS – CNRS/EHESS/Collège de FranceCNRS/EHESS, UMR 8173Debates about emerging infectious diseases often oppose natural conceptions of zoonotic reservoirs with cultural practices bringing humans into contact with animals. This article compares the representations of cross-species pathogens at ontological levels below the opposition between nature and culture. It describes the perceptions of distinctions between interiority and physicality, between wild and domestic, and between sick and dead in three different contexts where human societies manage animal diseases: Australia, Laos and Mongolia. Our article also argues that zoonotic pathogens are one of the entities mobilized by local knowledge to attenuate troubles in ordinary relations with animals, and shows that the conservation of cultural heritage is a tool of mitigation for infectious diseases emerging in animal reservoirs.https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/full_html/2021/01/parasite200071/parasite200071.htmlzoonosesbiosecuritylocal knowledgecultural heritagemongolialaosaustralia |
| spellingShingle | Keck Frédéric Lainé Nicolas Morvan Arnaud Ruhlmann Sandrine Social representations of animal diseases: anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriers Parasite zoonoses biosecurity local knowledge cultural heritage mongolia laos australia |
| title | Social representations of animal diseases: anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriers |
| title_full | Social representations of animal diseases: anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriers |
| title_fullStr | Social representations of animal diseases: anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social representations of animal diseases: anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriers |
| title_short | Social representations of animal diseases: anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriers |
| title_sort | social representations of animal diseases anthropological approaches to pathogens crossing species barriers |
| topic | zoonoses biosecurity local knowledge cultural heritage mongolia laos australia |
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