The blind and the orangutan: the dispute over the construction of meaning in the human-animal relationship
The judicialization of animals under human control has produced the confluence of different discourses that propose meanings for the human-animal relationship. The case of the orangutan Sandra allows us to study the dialogue / confrontation of two of these discourses, that of the biological sciences...
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Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Lenguaje: | Español |
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Facultad de Psicología (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/revpsi/article/view/12691 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/32005 |
Sumario: | The judicialization of animals under human control has produced the confluence of different discourses that propose meanings for the human-animal relationship. The case of the orangutan Sandra allows us to study the dialogue / confrontation of two of these discourses, that of the biological sciences and the judicial one, to identify their disagreements and propose possible strategies of articulation. After analyzing the articulation between the knowledge and procedures of the biological sciences and judicial practice, we propose a form of articulation that leads to the elaboration of meaning from the field of dispute to that of co-construction. |
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