LEADER 03394 am 2200673 n 450 001 9910731420603321 005 20230309 010 $a2-940600-42-2 024 7 $a10.4000/books.iheid.9020 035 $a(CKB)5670000000618326 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-iheid-9020 035 $a(PPN)269165843 035 $a(EXLCZ)995670000000618326 100 $a20230316j|||||||| ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 200 10$aBack Then It Was Culture, Now It Is Animal Torture $eMoral-Phenomenological Milieu of Human-Elephant Entanglements in Kerala /$fAnu Karippal 210 $aGeneva $cGraduate Institute Publications$d2023 330 $aInterrogating 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. 606 $aArts & Humanities 606 $aAsian Studies 606 $aSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary 606 $aAnthropology 606 $aCultural studies 606 $aculture religion et identité 606 $aécologie 606 $aethnographie 606 $afolklore 606 $ahistoire de l'Asie 606 $atradition 606 $aviolence 606 $adroit des animaux 606 $aconservation 606 $aculture religion and identity 606 $aenvironment and natural resources 606 $aanimal rights 615 4$aArts & Humanities 615 4$aAsian Studies 615 4$aSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary 615 4$aAnthropology 615 4$aCultural studies 615 4$aculture religion et identité 615 4$aécologie 615 4$aethnographie 615 4$afolklore 615 4$ahistoire de l'Asie 615 4$atradition 615 4$aviolence 615 4$adroit des animaux 615 4$aconservation 615 4$aculture religion and identity 615 4$aenvironment and natural resources 615 4$aanimal rights 700 $aKarippal$b Anu$01370800 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910731420603321 996 $aBack Then It Was Culture, Now It Is Animal Torture$93398907 997 $aUNINA