Understanding the relationships between humans and animals is
essential to a full understanding of both our present and our
shared past. Across the humanities and social sciences, researchers
have embraced the 'animal turn,' a multispecies approach to
scholarship, with historians at the forefront of new research in
human-animal studies that blends traditional research methods with
interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks that decenter humans in
historical narratives. These exciting approaches come with core
methodological challenges for scholars seeking to better understand
the past from non-anthropocentric perspectives.Whether in a large
public archive, a small private collection, or the oral histories
of living memories, stories of animals are mediated by the humans
who have inscribed the records and organized archival collections.
In oral histories, the place of animals in the past are further
refracted by the frailty of human memory and recollection. Only
traces remain for researchers to read and interpret. Bringing
together seventeen original essays by a leading group of
international scholars, Traces of the Animal Past showcases the
innovative methods historians use to unearth and explain how
animals fit into our collective histories. Situating the historian
within the narrative, bringing transparency to methodological
processes, and reflecting on the processes and procedures of
current research, this book presents new approaches and new
directions for a maturing field of historical inquiry.
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