Beeing in the Willamette Valley: A Look at Human and Honey Bee Relationships and the Global Currents That Shape Them
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Date
2024-01-09
Authors
Paone, Taylor
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University of Oregon
Abstract
This thesis explores interspecies relationships between humans and honey bees. Through multispecies ethnographic vignettes, beekeeper-honey bee relationships reveal the ways in which social systems inform interspecies entanglements. The research is grounded in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, and highlights the experiences of eleven beekeepers. Stories highlight how bodies interact within larger landscapes that are dictated by the dominant food system model. The bee hive becomes a meeting place for bodies to interact with, contradict, and reflect, conditions set by global currents.
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Ethnography, Food Studies, Food Systems, Global Studies, Multispecies Studies, Pollinators