03394 am 2200673 n 450 9910731420603321202303092-940600-42-210.4000/books.iheid.9020(CKB)5670000000618326(FrMaCLE)OB-iheid-9020(PPN)269165843(EXLCZ)99567000000061832620230316j|||||||| ||| 0enguu||||||m||||Back Then It Was Culture, Now It Is Animal Torture Moral-Phenomenological Milieu of Human-Elephant Entanglements in Kerala /Anu KarippalGeneva Graduate Institute Publications2023Interrogating responses and reactions and the atmosphere of fear that my presence instigated, this paper critically examines human-elephant relations in Kerala amidst the bigger debates on animal rights, the emergence of elephants as a flagship species of conservation, and concerns regarding elephant captivity. The paper delves into how elephant handlers and owners reposition themselves and respond to activistic claims that portray human-elephant relations as torturous. Further, the study calls into question the strict nature-culture/wild-domesticated binaries posed by the activism discourse by probing the fuzzy naturecultures through which elephants and humans navigate their mundane lives. Moving forward, the research proposes that humans and elephants are attuned and entangled through nuanced phenomenological alignments that the normative moral frameworks on elephant captivity seem to overlook. Deploying various disciplinary and theoretical frameworks, this paper argues that incorporating the ethical turn in anthropology can yield incisive perspectives in interspecies studies. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Vahabzadeh Foundation for financially supporting the publication of best works by young researchers of the Graduate Institute, giving a priority to those who have been awarded academic prizes for their master’s dissertations.Arts & HumanitiesAsian StudiesSocial Sciences, InterdisciplinaryAnthropologyCultural studiesculture religion et identitéécologieethnographiefolklorehistoire de l'Asietraditionviolencedroit des animauxconservationculture religion and identityenvironment and natural resourcesanimal rightsArts & HumanitiesAsian StudiesSocial Sciences, InterdisciplinaryAnthropologyCultural studiesculture religion et identitéécologieethnographiefolklorehistoire de l'Asietraditionviolencedroit des animauxconservationculture religion and identityenvironment and natural resourcesanimal rightsKarippal Anu1370800FR-FrMaCLEBOOK9910731420603321Back Then It Was Culture, Now It Is Animal Torture3398907UNINA