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A Language of Their Own: An Interactionist Approach to Human-Horse Communication

In: Society & Animals
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Keri Brandt
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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2004
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Abstract

This paper explores the process of human-horse communication using ethnographic data of in-depth interviews and participant observation. Guided by symbolic interactionism, the paper argues that humans and horses co-create a language system by way of the body to facilitate the creation of shared meaning. This research challenges the privileged status of verbal language and suggests that non-verbal communication and language systems of the body have their own unique complexities. This investigation of humanhorse communication offers new possibilities to understand the subjective and intersubjective world of non-verbal language using beings—human and nonhuman alike.

Title:
A Language of Their Own: An Interactionist Approach to Human-Horse Communication
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1568530043068010
Language:
English
Pages:
299–316
In:
Society & Animals
In:
Volume 12: Issue 4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5306
Print ISSN:
1063-1119
Subjects:
General, Philosophy, Applied Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Social & Political Philosophy

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