Professor Lewis Holloway L.Holloway@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Human Geography. Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Beyond resistance: geographies of divergent more-than-human conduct in robotic milking
Holloway, Lewis; Bear, Christopher
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Christopher Bear
Abstract
This paper begins to develop a terminology for discussing less-than-convivial more-than-human entanglements. The paper reviews existing work on such relations, showing how they tend to have been conceptualised in terms of animal transgression and resistance. It then develops critiques of these terms, focusing on their problematic representations of animals' actions and subjectivities, and engaging with arguments that non-living nonhumans also need to be considered in conceptualisations of problematic more-than-human situations. Drawing on empirical material from research into automated (or robotic) milking systems (AMS), and the associated relations between machines, humans and cows in specific places, the paper proposes and outlines the concept of divergent conduct. It argues that this is a way of exploring how heterogeneous entities co-produce activity which is likely to differ from accounts of trouble-free introductions of technologies and practices. The concept draws together an emphasis on the 'lively' nature of machines with a focus on the agency of nonhuman animals and the topological relationships involved in attempts to establish AMS in UK dairy farming. It suggests that the characteristics and capacities of heterogeneous entities make multiple and relational differences to situations. As such, the concept emphasises the constitution of AMS in relation to multiple human and nonhuman requirements, and their related conducts, which may pull in different directions. The paper argues that divergent conduct provides a way of exploring problematic and politicised entanglements in which inequalities of power can be many-layered and intersectional.
Citation
Holloway, L., & Bear, C. (2019). Beyond resistance: geographies of divergent more-than-human conduct in robotic milking. Geoforum, 104, 212-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.04.030
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 30, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | May 7, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2019-08 |
Deposit Date | Apr 30, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 30, 2019 |
Journal | Geoforum |
Print ISSN | 0016-7185 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 104 |
Pages | 212-221 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.04.030 |
Keywords | Resistance; Transgression; Divergent conduct; More-than-human; Topologies; Robotic milking |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1681153 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718519301447?via%3Dihub |
Additional Information | ©2019, Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Contract Date | Apr 30, 2019 |
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