[...]dernity ='lgc'>+ the rise of the individual ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (a sense of) loss of ="trms">community
='lgc'>='lgc'>==>
="lsts lst1">•participation
="lsts lst1">•horizontalism
="lsts lst1">•institutional distrust
="lsts lst1">•ad hoc organizations

forensic architecture='lgc'>: purifying itself of (and overcome) injustice ='lgc'>=/= meaningful progressive change

(Occupy movement, protest mentality ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> how left-wing purity politics missed the) consequences electoral capacity, electoral politics
(not knowing how to use) liberal institutions

="lsts lst1">•(thinking with Bruzzone ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) we need more ='strcls'>*impure politics='strcls'>* ='lgc'>: (reform ='and'>& compromise mentality)
="lsts lst2">◦how to transform knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge into ='strcls'>*electoral mobilization='strcls'>* (='lgc'>=/= ="frds scrmbld">Pierre's ="trms">interest in ="trms">fiction, ="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Leonardo">Leo's ="trms">interest in a morally pure collective future)
="lsts lst2">◦how to form alliances with groups whom you have grave doubts
="lsts lst1">•we don't need ='strcls'>*hoard of like-minded people sharing collective ="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">anger and disgust at injustice='strcls'>*

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post="trms">modern conservatism='lgc'>: ="trms">="trms">empirical / ideological
neoliberal ="trms">societies='lgc'>: hierarchies tolerated by citizens so long as the economy continues to prosper



something happens ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> together ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">social group

entitative='lgc'>: the quality of groupiness, a perception that the people together are a group ='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*perception of similarity='strcls'>*

="trms">interaction based on ="trms">interdependence ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">social group

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]group='lgc'>: experience of ="trms">social identity

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='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">embody='lgc'>: empathetically experience ="trms">situations ‘from outside’
(="ppl">="ppl">Despret raising the ="trms">question) ='strcls'>*what can we do or what are we allowed to do with our bodies when we are with our ="trms">animals='qstn'>?='strcls'>*

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]empathy='lgc'>: bodies that undo and redo each other (reciprocally though not ="trms">symmetrically) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= experiencing with one's own body what the other experiences='lgc'>]
='lgc'>='lgc'>==> possibilites of an ="trms">embodied ="trms">communication

feeling ='and'>& emotions are not alone in making up what life is all about

="large lg1" stl="font-size:114%"> (="ppl">="ppl">Despret researching) ways in which ="trms">scientists’ bodies are actively being involved while they are observing ="trms">animals
='lgc'>--="frds">Sina='lgc'>='lgc'>--> becoming describable as a body ='lgc'>[that moves, walks, bears, diffuses, smells, makes noise, follows, ...='lgc'>]

the old rule of “human bodies shouldn't ="trms">interfere in a properly ="trms">scientific research process ='lgc'>=/= Lorenz='lgc'>:
...feed his jackdaw with worms
...attempted to teach him to fly
...swam with the geese
='lgc'>--="ppl">="ppl">Despret='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Lorenz aimed at elucidating ‘meaning’ in and through the ="trms">relationships he sustained with the ="trms">animals he was studying ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>
="lsts lst1">•he understood for a little goose what mother is/means by letting his own body be caught in that meaning of mother
="lsts lst1">•he achieved what ‘companionship’ is/means for a jackdaw through being fed and playing with, and flying lessons
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>***what ="trms">matters in the ="trms">animal's ="trms">world='lgc'> = what bears meaning from their point of view='strcls'>***


="trms">presence
='strcls'>*if the ="trms">scientists body is evoked, it is never for itself nor is it named as such ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> when seeking the body, we are offered a surprisingly abstract concept='lgc'>: “="trms">presence” (under the guise of “="trms">presence of the observer”) ='lgc'>=/= body
="prgrph">-the ="trms">presence has no skin, it does not sweat, nor does it eat, sleep, dream, fear ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">presence='lgc'>: the perceived body which never acknowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edges itself as a body (there is no ="trms">presence that could be unperceived in one way or in an other)='lgc'> = dis="trms">embodied body ='lgc'><='lgc'>== ='strcls'>*="trms">science='lgc'>: the cognitive activity par excellence='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•ob="trms">literates the actual ="trms">presence of the observer ='lgc'>--understood='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (in terms of a) convenient and non-problematized split “="trms">presence ='lgc'>=/= absence”
="lsts lst1">•(='qstn'>?if these attempts succeed in) reducing the reactivity of the ="trms">animal to the rese="trms"nttrm="search">archer ='lgc'>=/= ="nms">="trms">wildboyz
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ‘not having a body'='lgc'> = a mean to pre="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clude (to prevent or to avoid) ='strcls'>**the always possible reciprocity of the encounter='strcls'>** ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> aliens are watching us!='lgc'>]
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ‘having a body’ discloses and renders perceptible (it is the actual condition of) the very existence of reciprocity of the encounter


="large lg3" stl="font-size:110%"> how ="trms">scientists (and artists) construe their ="trms">presence in the field
='strcls'>*the will to be there without being there='strcls'>*

the problematic “="trms">animals react ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">animal don't react”

(also in art ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) ='strcls'>***the regime of distrust of influence='strcls'>*** ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">fable of ‘artist's o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">riginal ="trms">interiority'='lgc'>]


="large lg4" stl="font-size:111%"> ="prgrph">-='strcls'>*- what does ‘meaningful’ means='qstn'>? -='strcls'>*-

="trms">scientists aim to find new ="trms">methods to focus on those behaviors that are most meaningful to the ="trms">animals themselves
="lsts lst1">•Shirly Strum ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> I tried to let the baboons themselves “tell” me what was ‘important’ (-how a tree can tell you what is important to them='qstn'>?) -with the baboonss='lgc'>: nothing made them believe that she could be a baboon, so she decided after a while that she could try to urinate while staying among the baboons ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> surprise (='lgc'>=/= trying not to disturb the baboons with her body) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> her body (style, gender, smell, look, anime, etc.) made her enter into ="trms">relationships with the ="trms">animals in a new mode, ='strcls'>**as a living person (like them) she creates with them an ="trms">embodied proximity='strcls'>** (='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">embodied af="trms">finities) ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ="frds scrmbld">Jassem is very good at it. this happens as well in ="nms">apass research environment between artists='lgc'>]
  ='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="nms">Cinderella taking shower with her ="trms">birds in the attic ='lgc'>{urine, noise, surprise='lgc'>}
="lsts lst1">•Mark Bekoff ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> empathy='lgc'>: possibility of sharing feelings involves mirror ="trms">neurons (“I can feel the ="trms">animals”) ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= (an experiment to incorporate) ='strcls'>*to ="trms">embody ="trms">literally='strcls'>*
='lgc'>+ (Burghardt's) use of ='strcls'>*critical ="trms">anthropo="trms">morphism='strcls'>* (='lgc'>=/= Walt Disney) use of various forms of information (="trms">natural ="trms">history, perception, behavioral description, autism, ="nms">Cinderella, etc.)
="lsts lst1">•Temple Grandin (expert in factory plants for s="trms">laughter ="trms">systems) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*empathy without pathos='strcls'>* (for her and the ="trms">animals) ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">world='lgc'>: a swirling mass of tiny details ='lgc'>~ ='lgc'>[="trms">animal='lgc'>: autistic savant ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= special form of genius='lgc'>]='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a little plastic water bottle lying harmlessly, a shiny reflection, a yellow jacket hanging on a fence, all those turn out to be in their ="trms">world ='strcls'>*wrong details='strcls'>* (“I think the way ="trms">animals think”) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>****="trms">animals are visual thinkers='strcls'>**** ='lgc'>{='strcls'>*you have to see in details='strcls'>*_ ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- how ='mywrk'>my work changed visually from abstract to baroque while working on the ="trms">heritage of ="trms">zoology. ='at'>#="nms">Cinderella='lgc'>: which part of me ="trms">animals give new powers and meanings='qstn'>? that part is of other beings='lgc'>}
="prgrph">-='lgc'>{Grandin actively transforms mindless ="trms">animals into meaningful geniuses ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> gives them new powers ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> changes her='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*="trms">animals (or your ghosts, your subjects) are invited to other modes of being, other ="trms">relationships, new ways to inhabit the human ="trms">world ='lgc'>+ to force human beings to address them ="trms">differently ='lgc'>: ='strcls'>**disclosing unexpected af="trms">finities ='lgc'>==create='lgc'>='lgc'>==> new identities='strcls'>** (='lgc'>=/= empathy='lgc'>: tourism of the soul) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> identities do not pre-exist identification ='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*****previous construction of af="trms">finities ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> identity (is the outcome, the achievement)='strcls'>*****
(Grandin='lgc'>:) ='strcls'>*marginal essence ='lgc'>--transform='lgc'>='lgc'>--> partial perspective ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> af="trms">finities='lgc'>: (="ppl">="ppl">Haraway's) just-barely-connections='strcls'>*

='lgc'>}='lgc'>=/= romanticism='lgc'>: the belief that “feeling for another” belongs to some ="trms">sort of naive state of ="trms">nature


(='at'>#feedback='lgc'>: ways of showing the artists how they actively create the perspective that allows them to “see” ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ‘giving artistic feedback='lgc'> = being an ="trms">anthropologist on Mars’)

="large lg5" stl="font-size:159%"> ="ppl">="ppl">Despret anticipate finding some references to the body (beyond simple “="trms">presence”) in the work of ="trms">scientists ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the ="trms">question of meaning ='lgc'>+ (its corollary) the ="trms">question of perspective

tick's perception='lgc'> = ="trms">world
(we know from Uexküll) one may indeed construct a perspective without involving the body - the perspective may be drawn partially from a mental process
="lsts lst1">•='strcls'>*="trms">animals only perceive things that have meaning for them='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•='strcls'>*="trms">animals construe meanings in acting='strcls'>*
Umwelt theory='lgc'>: a ="trms">scientist may make an inventory of what makes the ="trms">animal act and react ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> collecting ‘meanings’ the ="trms">scientist rebuilds the ="trms">world as each ="trms">animal perceives it ='lgc'>+ seeks for which meaning all these things take for it (='lgc'>=/= adopt the perspective of ="trms">animal)

the ="trms">scientist aims not just to understand what something merely ‘means’ for another being, but also how something ‘="trms">matters’ for it (='lgc'>~ the most meaningful)

="trms">language of perspective ='lgc'>--="ppl">Daston='lgc'>='lgc'>--> what does it mean to understand other minds
='strcls'>*="trms">sympathetic projection='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>**perspective='lgc'>: apotheosis of subjectivity as the essence of mind='lgc'>] ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- a cultural shift='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•habit of ="trms">interior observation cultivated by certain forms of piety
="lsts lst1">•increasingly refined ="trms">language of individual subjectivity (developed in the 18th and 19th century novel)
="lsts lst1">•equation drawn between ‘sensory experience='lgc'> = self’ by sensationa="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list psychology
="lsts lst1">•econo[...]