Nonhuman Neighbours: Animals, Community, and Relationships on the West Coast of British Columbia

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dc.contributor.authorGioreva, Viara
dc.contributor.supervisorStark, Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-29T20:04:17Z
dc.date.available2015-09-29T20:04:17Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-09-29
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis argues that nonhuman animals are constructive of human societies by virtue of the complex relationships they form with humans, both at an individual and at a community level. This thesis also suggests that particular constructions of human/ nonhuman animal relationships fail to account for animal agency, and that the transgressions of liminal animals highlight this agency. Specifically, this thesis uses two case studies – deer in Oak Bay and bears on the Central Coast – to show how nonhuman animals can be seen as actors and as active shapers of our mixed-species social orderings and communities. This thesis argues that, rather than being passive objects who are subject to government policy and human orderings, these nonhuman animals are shaping political processes in their communities through the relationships they have formed with the humans around them.en_US
dc.description.proquestemailvgioreva@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6733
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectnonhuman animalsen_US
dc.subjectcommunityen_US
dc.subjectrelationshipsen_US
dc.subjectpolitical theoryen_US
dc.subjectnew animal geographiesen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectOak Bayen_US
dc.subjectGreat Bear Rainforesten_US
dc.titleNonhuman Neighbours: Animals, Community, and Relationships on the West Coast of British Columbiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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