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The World of the Bulls: An Anthropologist’s Gold Mine
At the beginning of October, in a blog article about a bullfight in Corella, Navarra, taurine photographers and bloggers Gorka Azpilicueta and Arsenio Ramírez suggested that for an anthropologist like myself the world of the bulls represents a gold mine … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Bullfights, Corrals, Countryside, Dehesa, General/Introduction, Horses, Learning, Pilgrimage, Uncategorized, Vaccination, Vets, Yearlings
Tagged Alexander Fiske-Harrison, Andalusia, Animal, Anthropology, Arena, Baby animals, Breeders, Breeds, Bull, Bullfighting, bulls, Calf, Cattle, Countryside, cows, Cute, Dehesa, Equestrian, Fighting stock, Horse, horses, Hot Branding, Livestock, Partido de Resina, Scotland, Sevilla, Spain, Villamanrique de la Condesa, Youngstock
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What counts as fieldwork for an anthropologist in Andalusia?
What does a social anthropologist even do when in the field? What is the stuff of fieldwork? What counts? What goes down in the notebook? Who counts? Who do we write about? When do we stop listening? Or jotting down … Continue reading
Posted in Calves, General/Introduction, Horses, Pilgrimage, Uncategorized
Tagged Andalucía, Andalusia, Anthropology, Breeders, Breeds, Bull, Bullfighting, bulls, Calf, Cattle, Countryside, cows, El Rocio, Escape, Fences and Gates, Fieldwork, Livestock, Partido de Resina, Pilgrimage, Sevilla, Spain, Villamanrique de la Condesa
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Born this way: Born for the arena
Lets begin on a provocative note. Tongues out. I’m fully aware that what I’m blogging about (and will later write about more formally) is not to everybody’s taste. I hope this serves as an invitation to engage with the topic, … Continue reading
Posted in Calves, Dehesa, Handling, Identification, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexander Fiske-Harrison, Animal, Arena, Baby animals, Birth, Bull, Bullfighting, Calf, Cattle, Countryside, Cute, Dehesa, Infant, Lady Gaga, Partido de Resina
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Baby steps: Handling calves in the corrals
This is going to be a very hard week of corralling and putting stock in the crush for the vets to check for Tb. Nevertheless, things have got off to a good start as today I was designated the noisy … Continue reading
Posted in Calves, Corrals, Handling, Learning, Tb, Vaccination, Vets
Tagged Breeds, bulls, Calf, Cattle, Fighting stock, Livestock, Tuberculosis
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