Posthumanism and the sentient elephant in the room

Chris E. Hurst; Bryan S.R. Grimwood

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2023.103604

Posthumanism and the sentient elephant in the room

Chris E. Hurst^*, Bryan S.R. Grimwood

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Abstract

• Posthumanism is used to elevate the status of animals in tourism research.

• Sentience is a limiting concept for posthuman tourism and animal ethics research.

• Agency is a more generative and affirming concept for posthuman approaches.

Original language	English
Article number	103604
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	101
Early online date	17 Jun 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2023.103604
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Agency
Nonhuman
Posthumanism
Sentience
Tourism and animal ethics

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