Quarantine encounters with digital animals: more-than-human geographies of lockdown life
Quarantine conditions led to the proliferation of digital encounters with nonhuman animals. Here, we explore three prominent forms: creaturely cameos, avatar acquaintances and background birding. These virtual encounters afforded during lockdown life generated novel and affective human–animal relati...
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| description | Quarantine conditions led to the proliferation of digital encounters with nonhuman animals. Here, we explore three prominent forms: creaturely cameos, avatar acquaintances and background birding. These virtual encounters afforded during lockdown life generated novel and affective human–animal relations that could have lasting effects for humans and nonhumans post-quarantine, posing interesting questions for more-than-human scholarship. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:153adb24-f497-4afa-a887-89570f22d0c72023-12-21T11:22:21ZQuarantine encounters with digital animals: more-than-human geographies of lockdown lifeJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:153adb24-f497-4afa-a887-89570f22d0c7EnglishSymplectic ElementsIntellect 2020Turnbull, JSearle, AAdams, WMQuarantine conditions led to the proliferation of digital encounters with nonhuman animals. Here, we explore three prominent forms: creaturely cameos, avatar acquaintances and background birding. These virtual encounters afforded during lockdown life generated novel and affective human–animal relations that could have lasting effects for humans and nonhumans post-quarantine, posing interesting questions for more-than-human scholarship. |
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