Humanity’s Best Friend: A Dog-Centric Approach to Addressing Global Challenges

Autor: Robbie A. McDonald, Linda Kalof, Eric Tourigny, Peter W. Stahl, Greger Larson, Andrew N. Rowan, Neil Pemberton, Clive D. L. Wynne, Naomi Sykes, Ione Jones, Elinor K. Karlsson, Tammie King, Piers Beirne, Alexandra Horowitz, Daniel E. L. Promislow, Luke J. Murphy, Eric G. Strauss, Howard Litwak, Jamshid J. Tehrani
Přispěvatelé: Sagnfræði- og heimspekideild (HÍ), Faculty of History and Philosophy (UI), Hugvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Humanities (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Animals, Vol 10, Iss 3, p 502 (2020)
Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Sykes, N, Beirne, P, Horowitz, A, Jones, I, Kalof, L, Karlsson, E, King, T, Litwak, H, McDonald, R A, Murphy, L J, Pemberton, N, Promislow, D, Rowan, A, Stahl, P W, Tehrani, J, Tourigny, E, Wynne, C D L, Strauss, E & Larson, G 2020, ' Humanity’s best friend : A dog-centric approach to addressing global challenges ', Animals, vol. 10, no. 3, 502 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10030502
Animals, 2020, Vol.10(3), pp.502 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
ISSN: 2076-2615
DOI: 10.3390/ani10030502
Popis: Publisher's version (útgefin grein)
No other animal has a closer mutualistic relationship with humans than the dog (Canis familiaris). Domesticated from the Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus), dogs have evolved alongside humans over millennia in a relationship that has transformed dogs and the environments in which humans and dogs have co-inhabited. The story of the dog is the story of recent humanity, in all its biological and cultural complexity. By exploring human-dog-environment interactions throughout time and space, it is possible not only to understand vital elements of global history, but also to critically assess our present-day relationship with the natural world, and to begin to mitigate future global challenges. In this paper, co-authored by researchers from across the natural and social sciences, arts and humanities, we argue that a dog-centric approach provides a new model for future academic enquiry and engagement with both the public and the global environmental agenda.
This research was funded by the Annenberg PetSpace Foundation: Human-Animal Bond. DP was supported by the Dog Aging Project U19 grant AG057377 from the NIH National Institute on Aging. GL was supported by the European Research Council (ERC-2013-StG-337574-UNDEAD). NS, LJM, and GL were supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/N004558/1). CW was supported by Maddies Fund.
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