Sharon Wilcox Adams
Doctoral Candidate
Doctoral Candidate
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Jaguars
This
dissertation research project is concerned with jaguars (Panthera onca)
and their presence in the U.S./Mexico borderlands, specifically north of the
political border in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. Broadly, this
project considers the question, "How are relationships between humans and
jaguars constructed and constituted in this region, and what are the impacts of
these relationships?" Exploring both the physical and symbolic
meanings of "borderlands," this study is not only physically located
in a political border region, but is also concerned with the symbolic borderlands
constructed between humans and animals.
My project seeks to make explicit the metaphorical and material conceptions of space that are essential to understanding networks between humans and animals, and how the spaces and places of the borderlands impact and are impacted by these interrelationships. Implicit in this study are considerations of agency, power, and access, and how this alters and affects the lives of species, both feline and human, on the landscape.
My project seeks to make explicit the metaphorical and material conceptions of space that are essential to understanding networks between humans and animals, and how the spaces and places of the borderlands impact and are impacted by these interrelationships. Implicit in this study are considerations of agency, power, and access, and how this alters and affects the lives of species, both feline and human, on the landscape.
Photo: AZ Dept Fish and Wildlife
