https://doi.org/10.25058/20112742.n59.04
David Figueroa Serrano
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Abstract:
The pursuit of understanding human beings in their relationships and interactions with other living beings as a field has had a profound impact in anthropology, as well as in other life sciences. More-than-human anthropology opens new avenues to assume that our practices inform some being-in-the-world co-creating with other biological, mechanical, and spiritual entities. Ingold and Kohn’s contributions have drawn a line of thought in this aspect. While being nurtured by other referents, the latter widen our chances to understand life connections, starting with interactions with their surroundings or interspecies semiosis. Yet, there are analytical forums capable to nurture this approach. In this article, I will analyze Ingold and Kohn’s formulations, as mainstays of more-than-human anthropology. In addition to highlighting their contributions, I suggest the need to link sensorium—as suggested by Walter Ong—and relational identity between beings in their world experience. These elements have the potential to support the development of an emerging anthropology of life.
Keywords: More-than-human anthropology, sensorium, relational identity, ecology of living beings.
