Cat Cultures and Threefold Modelling of Human-Animal Interactions: On the Example of Estonian Cat Shelters

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12304-018-9332-0" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12304-018-9332-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12304-018-9332-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12304-018-9332-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cat Cultures and Threefold Modelling of Human-Animal Interactions: On the Example of Estonian Cat Shelters

Original language description

Interaction between humans and cats in urban environments is subject to dynamic change. Based on the frequency and quality of relations with humans, we can distinguish several populations of domestic cats (Felis catus): pedigree, pet, semi-feral, feral, and pseudo-wild. Bringing together theoretical perspectives of the Tartu school of biosemiotics and ethological studies of animal societies, we distinguish two basic types of cat cultures: the culture of street cats and the humano-cat culture of pets. The difference between these cultures is documented on the level of zoosemiotic interactions, ecological relations, and human representations. We introduce a threefold model of human-animal interactions in urban environments which steer a careful course between the Scylla of realistic ontology and the Charybdis of social constructivism. A case study on Estonian cat shelters illustrates the significance of cultural representations and institutionalized actions in human-cat cohabitation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biosemiotics

ISSN

1875-1342

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

365-386

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85053753062