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Crocodile Undone - The Domestication of Australia’s Fauna (Hardcover)
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Crocodile Undone - The Domestication of Australia’s Fauna (Hardcover)
Series: Animalibus
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Across the world, animals are being domesticated at an
unprecedented rate and scale. But what exactly is domestication,
and what does it tell us about ourselves? In this book, Marcus
Baynes-Rock seeks the common thread linking stories about the
domestication of Australia's native animals, arguing that
domestication is part of a process by which late modernity
threatens to undo the world. In a deeply personal account, the
author tells of his encounters with crocodiles and emus behind
fences, dingoes and kangaroos crossing boundaries, and native bees
producing honey in his suburban backyard. Drawing on comparisons
between Aboriginal and colonial Australians, Baynes-Rock reveals
how the domestication of Australia’s fauna is a process of
“unmaking.” As an extension of late modernity, the connections
that tie humans and other animals to wider ecologies are being
severed, threatening to isolate us and our domesticates from the
rest of the world. It is here that Baynes-Rock reveals a key
difference between Aboriginal and colonial Australian modes of
landscape management: while one is focused on a systemic approach
and sees humans as integral to ecological integrity, the other
seeks to sever domesticates from ecological processes. The question
that emerges is: How might we reconfigure and maintain these
connections without undoing humanity? Written in the author’s
characteristically frank, passionate, and humorous style, Crocodile
Undone takes the reader on a journey across both physical and
philosophical landscapes. This fascinating narrative will appeal to
anyone interested in the vital connections between humans and
animals.
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