Symbiogenesis and the pursuit of "Otherness"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- This is not the usual video from me. Instead it is an essay about our relationship with dogs that I put together for graduate school. Consequently, it may not be exactly what you are looking for. But I promise to circle back to my essays about life in Norway, soon.
For most owners, a dog is an essential part of everyday life. On any day, on most any street, you can observe what biologist Lynn Margulis called symbiogenesis -- the cooperation between species in order to increase their survival. Pet, owner; animal, human; canid, hominid … two species brought together in in daily life.
When you watch the co-habitation of space and time between a dog and owner, there is communication. Through touch, gesture, sound, and motion dog and human have a conversation that is in neither dog-space nor man-space. It is a alternative “shared space” where they meet in the middle. Donna Haraway describes these relations as “significant otherness”. Dogs and owner occupy this otherness without knowing how to describe it. Which begs the question, can technology provide insights into the patterns of this incongruent translation between a dog and human? What is the role of computers in unlocking these partial connections?
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Well, this was very interesting, and welcome! I commented on one of your earlier videos as an expat from the PNW. But this contains many references (both academic and otherwise) which i have spent much time with in my own work. Much of my research and most of my publishing has been into human-horse relations, first in the UK, and now in Norway and Europe. And this interspecies intersubjectivity really is, to me, the most fascinating part of our relationship with equines. Plus, you mention many folk i have met or corresponded with over the decades, including Lynn Margolis, who i 'hosted' as the 'don' of Green College at UBC in Vancouver for two weeks -- an amazing woman. And others like Donna Harraway and Marilyn Strathearn who i have learned so much from. It would be great to have a conversation or two around these issues over a good coffee sometime. Or, given i am down in Jæren and you up in Bergen, perhaps a virtual coffee session.... At any rate, keep up the good work! And once again, thanks for the sharing.
So nice to see a video from you again. Hope you are doing well in Bergen. Stay safe. Hilsen fra Skien!
Just to add....this alone (but expanded and extended) could be a final masters project.
Pretty sure I would get fired if I pursued this and not what I proposed to Microsoft. :)
Wow. You are really quite good at using video as a narrative tool.
Thanks! I have had the luxury of a bit of practice. Lots of things I would have fixed, but cobbling together all the assets ate a fair amount of the time. It was fun.
Bravo.
My relationship to dogs sure changed after watching your in-depth presentation on dogs behavior. Hope you guys are doing well! Med vänliga hälsningar Anders i Sverige!
Anders, great to hear from you. Life is good. Very busy, for sure, but also very good. I have been buried in my work for the last year so most of the videos I published in the last 9 months have some sort of relationship to visual/storytelling experiments. I am hoping to get back to generating my usual content next summer. Thanks for the kind words and for checking in.
@@TheStoryGuide Hey Drew! Are you guys back in Seattle now or are you planning to becoming Norwegians? Nowadays it is sort of irrelevant where you live in order to get a job. Kathy just visited the island of Madeira, where a small village (Porto del Sol) is designated for remote working. And I guess Bergen would be a great place for that too. I hope the workload is not overwhelming - you need time to pick up that camera and tell another great story! Stay safe! Med vänliga hälsningar, Anders
@@crashalot63 Definitely still here in Bergen. It feels more like home every day. I think there is a high likelihood we will stay. At least for a few more years. We won't start crossing that bridge until next summer, when I should complete my research and can then pivot my full-time focus to my work. I am fortunate because the job lends itself to working remotely. Besides, I am an employee of Norway's division of my company. That gives me a working visa rather than an education one. All in all, life is good. Well, except my Norwegian which is still really bad. Thanks again for checking in. Always great to hear from you.
Really hope U like norway and that the weather and electricity Bill is driving you away
Does taxation pay for this nonsense?
Thanks for watching and taking the time to offer your feedback. I am sorry it didn't meet your expectations. As to the taxation question, it would depend on where you live. Hope you have found other content that is less frustrating for you.
@@TheStoryGuide That's not a reasonable answer. Either taxation pays or it doesn't. What particular legalized theft is utilized is not part of the question.
@@TH-cam_Stole_My_Handle_Too I was asking the question because I live in Norway. Are you paying taxes in Norway? Additionally, this video was for an assignment in school. At 64 I returned to college so I could broaden my mind. My hope is others will follow suit. Finally, life is full of choices and you can choose not to watch this sort of content. I hope you find what you seek in life.
@@TheStoryGuide Then the answer is yes. It is indeed paid for by taxation - legalized theft. Where the legalized theft takes place is of no relevance when the question simply asks if it was paid for by taxation. Why is this so hard to grasp?
Yes, it is indeed a choice if you want to live off legalized theft - or not.
@@TH-cam_Stole_My_Handle_Too "Legalized" by the same psychopaths commitig the theft.