[...]naugural violence='strcls'>* ='lgc'>+ the institution of division of labor
what was the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal doing on ="trms">stage before the birth of tragedy='qstn'>?
mythical o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigin ='lgc'>==create='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">stories (="trms">fabulous, ="trms">fabulating)='lgc'>: ='lgc'>[="trms">storytelling='lgc'>: seeking for='lgc'>] means of making a vanished experience available again in the contemporary ="trms">world (='lgc'>~ ="trms">storytelling) ='lgc'>='lgc'>~/= ='strcls'>*="trms">storymaking='lgc'>: creation of ="trms">memories, the construction of a ="trms">history that renders the ="trms">present and the future richer in possibilities='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[not just for your self and your kind, as Hollywood or the brands do it='lgc'>: personalize experiences at scale='lgc'>]
='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals do not appear to work, in the referential framework that emerges from the division of labor / ex="trms">="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clusion from labor ='lgc'>[='thdf'>the idea of ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals have been transformed into “potential ="trms">instruments of satisfaction"='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> it is held that what ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals do, they do it “="trms">naturally” ='lgc'>: as if answering our needs is the same thing as ='strcls'>*acting ="trms">according to ="trms">nature='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to cooking manga anime Shokugeki no Soma, the ="trms">nature of serving='lgc'>]
='lgc'>--="ppl">="ppl">Despret='lgc'>='lgc'>--> division of labor='lgc'>: a ="trms">matter of dividing='lgc'>: those who explicitly really work ='lgc'>=/= those who are only following a bent in their ="trms">nature (a necessity of a biological rather than a ="trms">historical ="trms">sort)
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Baratay ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> possibility of ="trms">writing a ="trms">history from the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal's point of view
='lgc'>+ ="trms">epistemic, conceptual, ideological obstacles
when the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals start paying attention to what humans are offering ir ="trms">demanding, and then either accept, play for time, resist, refuse... ="trms">stories in which they exhibit unusual ="trms">skills or behaviors='lgc'> = acculturation='lgc'>: acceptance from the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal (not just humans imposing their will), dialogue between the two, influence of the ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal upon the human
(thinking about ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals that we raise in order to kill and eat them)
asking breeders='lgc'>: could one in any way way that their ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals collaborate with them and work with them='qstn'>?
="lsts lst1">•the immediate general ="trms">response is='lgc'>: no ='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> yet you hear many ="trms">stories about ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals who did in fact participate in the work of those who were raising them ='lgc'>: they acted in deliberate ways of their own volition
="prgrph">-do ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals work='qstn'>?
the answer to this ="trms">question will change something ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (="ppl">="ppl">Despret's ="trms">pragmatism) ='strcls'>*="trms">pragmatic ="trms">position='lgc'> = involving a ="trms">question whose answer turns out to have consequences='strcls'>*
(Porcher > Tapper='lgc'>:) ="trms">relationships between human and nonhuman ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals (judging that this ="trms">relationship must have followed a ="trms">historical progression similar to that undergone by the ="trms">relations of production between ="trms">different groups of men)='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. hunting ="trms">societies ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">communitarian, ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals are part of the same ="trms">world as humans
="lstsrd">2. domestication ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> slavery
="lstsrd">3. ="trms">pastoralism ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> contractual forms of the feudal type
="lstsrd">4. industrial ="trms">societies ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">relationships based on means of production and capita="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list ="trms">relationships
Tapper (and Castelluci) raise the possibility that ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals may indeed work, they also close these ="trms">relationships up in a ='strcls'>*single schema='strcls'>* of ownership and exploitation
to in="trms">herit='lgc'>: (not merely receptive,) implies a task, a ="trms">pragmatic act='lgc'> = appropriation
='strcls'>**one's ="trms">heritage is something constructed, and it is constantly transforming itself retroactively='strcls'>** بازگشتی ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> it makes us capable of ="trms">responding and that we in fact ="trms">respond to our ="trms">heritage ='lgc'>=/= simply carrying on a tradition
='strcls'>***things are in="trms">herited, but we become ourselves in carrying out the ="trms">gesture of in="trms">heriting='strcls'>***
(="ppl">="ppl">Harawayian) re-="trms">member='lgc'>: enact the ="trms">past, collect and ="trms">compose ='lgc'>='lgc'>~/= (="ppl">="ppl">Despretian) to in="trms">herit='lgc'>: giving oneself an account of a certain task, which is more than just re="trms">membering
='lgc'>[="trms">storymaking='lgc'>] ='strcls'>*to make a ="trms">story='lgc'> = to reconstruct, to ="trms">fabulate, to offer other ="trms">presents and futures to the ="trms">past='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>~/= ="frds">Sina='lgc'>: to ="trms">fabulate='lgc'> = to give other ="trms">pasts to the ="trms">present and future='lgc'>]
how to ask the ="trms">question of work properly='qstn'>?
you have to consider ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals as other than victims, ="trms">natural and cultural idiots that ='strcls'>*need to be liberated='strcls'>* despite themselves ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ‘liberating the ="trms">world of ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals'='lgc'> = 'freeing the human ="trms">world of the ="trms">presence of ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals’ ='lgc'>[='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="trms">fabulation of ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal human in the movie How to Train Your Dragon='lgc'>: The Hidden ="trms">World='lgc'>]
='lgc'>=/= telegram's ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals
='strcls'>*humans and ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals must (not just considered together but) always be ="trms">imagined together='strcls'>*
ceasing to consider “='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal='lgc'> = victim” ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (='qstn'>?how in telegram media) ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals involve themselves (since they are not ="trms">natural and cultural idiots), just as human (breeders) are not “exploiting,” but giving, receiving, exchanging, raising, and growing with, their ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals
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when ="ppl">="ppl">Despret is putting the ="trms">question of “do ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals work='qstn'>?” to breeders, it is a real experiment ='lgc'>: to explore the rese="trms"nttrm="search">archer's pro="trms">positions with the breeders ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to make them hesitate (='lgc'>~ is about ='strcls'>*what does it mean to speculate in such a way='qstn'>?='strcls'>*) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= means of knowing through information (to gather ="trms">data or opinions) ='lgc'>: “what do breeders think of X='qstn'>?"='lgc'>]
="ppl">="ppl">Despret’ amazing ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigour ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the only place that the ="trms">question (considering whether ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals do work) can be brought forward is the place where only the meaning as="trms">sociated with exploitation can ="trms">matter (in places where both humans and ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals are greatly mistreated)
="prgrph">-place where the evidence of such work is found, are places where ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals are industrially “produced” ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> their behaviors appear very de="trms">finitely as belonging to a work ="trms">relationship
director of ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal resources ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (in such frame) ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal='lgc'>: occupy the place of an obscure underclass, malleable, serviceable, and disposable in the end
moder feeder operations ='lgc'>--Porcher='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals sometimes wanted to help
asking the breeders='lgc'>: could you help us learn how to ask our ="trms">question so that it has a chance of making sense to other people='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> they also could explore the ='strcls'>*manner in which we were ="trms">obligated to ="trms">formulate our ="trms">questions='strcls'>*
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(="ppl">="ppl">Harawayiean) ="trms">responsibility='lgc'>: a ="trms">relationship ="trms">crafted into ="trms">intra-action through which entities, subjects, and objects, come into being
lead cow (the one who trusts the breeder, and one the herd trusts, usually is in the front) ='lgc'>=/= dominant cow (in the hierarchy of the herd, is found in the middle of the herd)
a theme in ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal ="trms">technicians
paying attention to ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals='lgc'> = being able to feel the limits that ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals ask us to take into account (more than ="trms">questions of well-being)
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='lgc'>[many times='lgc'>] ='strcls'>*work often leaves no evidence behind='strcls'>* (='lgc'>=/= publishing)
='at'>@="nms">apass
ethology ='lgc'>==teaches='lgc'>='lgc'>==> certain ="trms">questions cannot be answered unless one constructs concrete conditions beforehand ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> those that allow the ="trms">questions to be asked ='lgc'>+ those that render those who ask capable of discerning the answer, capable of grasping it when it emerges
peace-maintaining ="trms">gestures of the cows
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why the work of the cows was invisible='qstn'>?
='strcls'>*because work only becomes perceptible when the cows resist='strcls'>* (when they place limit on what can happen) ='lgc'>--shows='lgc'>='lgc'>--> when everything goes correctly it is because of an active investment on the part of the cows
='strcls'>***when everything happens as it should, we don't see the work='strcls'>*** (='lgc'>=/= notion of work in art)
='at'>@="nms">apass
(when they do what has to be done in ="trms">response to an order, cow's) obedience looks “mechanical” (='lgc'>='lgc'>~/=='qstn'>? ="nms">Cinderella's obedience ='lgc'>[='qstn'>?not in a mechanical age='lgc'>])
='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= art's work ='lgc'><='lgc'>== conflict that disturb this order of things='lgc'>]
(the fieldwork of ="ppl">="ppl">Despret helping me to realize that) ='strcls'>*the moments without conflict='strcls'>* are not something merely ="trms">natural, self-evident, or mechanical ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> they require from the cows (or someone whose work is invisible) the activity of pacification, in which they make compromises (groom each other, exchange ="trms">gestures of politeness, etc.)
="lsts lst1">•dogs and horses who are asked to serve as therapeutic assistants for humans='lgc'>: these ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animals often have a passive air and seem to simply be letting things happen ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*their cooperation is based on a remarkable ability to hold themselves back='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- i saw this, in a theater piece for blind, i was sitting next to two assistant dogs, and could feel strongly their efforts to sit motionless in the dark within the crowds='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>~='lgc'>~='lgc'>='lgc'>--> but non of this is perceived...
only by observing the many ways that cows can resist the breeders, doing something other than what is expected of them ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> the rese="trms"nttrm="search">archer could see how they are actively invested in the work ='lgc'>: when the cows show that they are unwilling to do what is wanted ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> their “good will” appeared (the effect of their willingness)
="lsts lst1">•this is an ="trms">interested problem ='at'>@="nms">apass, ='thdf'>the notion of asking participants to participate in an “active” way ='lgc'>=/= ='trgt hghlght 1'href='?q=animal'>animal work ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> “working well for [...]