ANIMAL DOMESTICATION IN GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE

What, exactly, makes humans human? A close look at nonhuman animal dom estication practices reveals how people came to view their own uniquen ess in western cultural process. The study of domestication across tim e shows the multiple human impulses underlying acts of animal enclosur e and domestication. Animals can be beloved companions or eaten for a meal. These impulses involve contradictory moralities - a rich subject for inquiries into the dynamics of power and possession, at scales ra nging from local to global.