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A rhetoric of identification: Nature, gender, and culture in the study and protection of orangutans (Indonesia).

机译:鉴定的用语:猩猩的研究和保护中的自然,性别和文化(印度尼西亚)。

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Forest fires, poaching, and deforestation are among the key causes of the rapidly dwindling orangutan population in Indonesia. As orangutans become increasingly endangered, primatologists and environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) have worked to protect orangutans in their natural habitat before they become extinct. This study examines the literature that primatologists and ENGOs produce in order to explore how they create a rhetoric of identification.; In order to examine this rhetoric of identification, I develop a theory of identification based on the works of Jean-Francois Lyotard, Richard Rorty, and Kenneth Burke. Such a theory of identification challenges metanarratives and contingencies of language to engage in perspective by incongruity. I then examine how this theory of identification can be integrated into deep ecology and ecofeminist philosophies.; Using this theory of identification, I argue that ENGOs and primatologists create audience identification by constructing orangutans as cyborgs, emphasizing the intrinsic value of nature, and encouraging audiences to take responsibility for environmental degradation. However, ENGOs and primatologists also rely on a rhetoric of science to establish their credentials and offer proof of their claims. Such rhetoric distances audiences by objectifying orangutans and their habitats.; Motherhood also plays an important role in this rhetoric of identification. However, because emphasis on motherhood in orangutans risks essentialization of human female characteristics, this is a dangerous, yet powerful, rhetoric. Indigenous communities are also largely excluded from the study and protection of orangutans. Additionally, they are often characterized as uneducated, ignorant, or savage.; Ultimately, I contend that this rhetoric of identification is effective in bridging human and non-human dichotomies. However, organizational and primatological narratives of gender essentialism, simian cultural colonialism, and science need destabilization.
机译:森林火灾,偷猎和森林砍伐是印度尼西亚猩猩数量迅速减少的主要原因。随着猩猩越来越濒临灭绝,灵长类动物学家和环境非政府组织(ENGOs)致力于在猩猩灭绝之前保护其自然栖息地中的猩猩。这项研究调查了灵长类动物学家和ENGO产生的文献,以探索它们如何产生身份认同的言论。为了检验这种身份认同的言论,我根据让·弗朗西斯·利奥塔(Jean-Francois Lyotard),理查德·罗蒂(Richard Rorty)和肯尼斯·伯克(Kenneth Burke)的著作发展了一种身份认同理论。这种认同理论对语言的叙事和偶然性提出了挑战,使他们无法通过不一致的方式参与视角。然后,我研究如何将这种认同理论整合到深层生态学和生态女性主义哲学中。使用这种识别理论,我认为ENGO和灵长类动物学家通过将猩猩构造为机器人,强调自然的内在价值,并鼓励受众对环境退化负责,从而建立了受众识别。但是,ENGO和灵长类动物学家还依靠科学的言论来确立其信誉并提供其主张的证据。这种夸张的言辞通过客观化猩猩及其栖息地来拉近观众。孕产在这一身份认同方面也起着重要作用。但是,由于在猩猩中强调母性可能会危及人类女性特征,因此这是一种危险而强大的言论。猩猩的研究和保护也大大地排斥了土著社区。另外,它们通常被表征为未受过教育,无知或野蛮。归根结底,我认为这种认同的说法有效地弥合了人类和非人类的二分法。然而,性别本质主义,猿人文化殖民主义和科学的组织和灵长类叙事需要不稳定。

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  • 作者

    Sowards, Stacey Kathryn.;

  • 作者单位

    University of Kansas.;

  • 授予单位 University of Kansas.;
  • 学科 Language Rhetoric and Composition.; Agriculture Forestry and Wildlife.; Environmental Sciences.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2001
  • 页码 300 p.
  • 总页数 300
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 语言学;森林生物学;环境科学基础理论;
  • 关键词

  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 11:47:02

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