Doing non-visual geographies: the guide-dog human relationship

做非视觉地理学：导盲犬的人际关系

• 批准号: 2125943
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Glasgow
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2125943
• 关键词: Doing; non; visual; geographies; guide

Human-animal relations have been a notable area for geographical inquiries since Wolch and Emel's (1995: pp.636) appeal "to bring the animals back in". Nonetheless, a significant gap remains, namely the critical relationship between disability geographies and animal geographies, and the understudied role of the assistance or support animal. This project will critically investigate the guide-dog and its relationship to visually impaired and blind persons, and their everyday geographies. Currently in the UK two million people are experiencing sight loss and around 360,000 people are registered with their local authority as blind or partially sighted (RNIB, 2017). Moreover, 180,000 people rarely leave home alone due to depression and struggles with feelings of isolation. Currently there are 4,800 guide-dog partnerships in the UK (Guide Dogs, 2018a). The research project will examine how this cross-species relationship is embodied and experienced in everyday lifeworlds by humans and animals. Using a non-representational approach (Andrews et al 2014) and addressing Hall and Wilton's (2017: pp.727) call for research to "advance our understanding of the complex and emergent geographies of disability", the student will privilege the guide-dog relationship as a key example through which entwined human-animal capacities can be understood. The overall aim of the project is to explore the human-guide-dog spatial and affectual relationship and how it is enacted in everyday life.

自从 Wolch 和 Emel (1995: pp.636) 呼吁“让动物回归”以来，人与动物的关系一直是地理研究的一个值得注意的领域。尽管如此，仍然存在重大差距，即残疾地理和动物地理之间的重要关系，以及辅助或支持动物的作用尚未得到充分研究。该项目将批判性地研究导盲犬及其与视力障碍者和盲人的关系，以及他们的日常活动。目前，英国有 200 万人视力丧失，约 36 万人在当地政府登记为盲人或弱视（RNIB，2017 年）。此外，有 18 万人因抑郁症和孤独感而很少独自出门。目前英国有 4,800 家导盲犬合作伙伴（Guide Dogs，2018a）。该研究项目将研究这种跨物种关系如何在人类和动物的日常生活世界中体现和体验。使用非代表性方法（Andrews et al 2014）并响应 Hall 和 Wilton（2017：第 727 页）的研究呼吁，“增进我们对残疾的复杂和新兴地理分布的理解”，学生将把导盲犬关系作为一个关键例子，通过它可以理解人类与动物相互交织的能力。该项目的总体目标是探索人类-导盲犬-空间和情感关系以及它在日常生活中的体现方式。