Circumpolarity Human-Animal Relations in the Circumpolar North David G. Anderson

1. CircumpolarityHuman-Animal Relations in the Circumpolar NorthDavid G. Anderson arcticdomus.org

2. an old theme, with special relevance to anthropology • domestication classically defined as a sudden relationship of domination, which divides the world into ‘wild’ and ‘cultivated’ types • in the history of the sciences, linked to colonialism and projects of improvement • recent research calls into question older models Arctic Domestication: • Human-Animal relations in the Arctic traditionally are an awkward fit • Among the ‘cradles’ and ‘hearths’ are new types of domestic animals, as well as puzzling ‘hybrids’ • These relations are often ‘emplaced’ in mindful landscapes.

3. the idea of a field laboratory complicates the idea of ‘person’ and ‘place’ by researching locales where domestication arises • we therefore treat tundra encampments and university laboratory as sites of equal status, not to mention enskillmentthat flows from animals to people or from animals to other animals. • in terms of ‘data’ we will work with four traditions: Field ‘laboratories’ and interdisciplinarity: • ethnography • science studies • environmental archaeology • genetic sampling

4. Across the circumpolar North one often finds a ‘triad’ of dogs, reindeer/caribou and fish • Fish although a ‘newly’ domesticated laboratory species have long supported complex relationships in Northern lands • Dogs, said to the be the ‘first’ species to be domesticated, often participate in complex social networks both with people and other animals • Reindeer/caribou, a classic ‘Arctic species’, have proven to come in and out of various forms of domestication with such intensity as to question the definition of the term itself. Three Arctic Species:

5. from pedigrees to a history of work Writing Animal Biographies:

6. An ethnographic ground to genetic models:

7. Hybrids and Pure-Breeds: