Abstract: Cultural AnthropologyVolume 25, Issue 4 p. 545-576 THE EMERGENCE OF MULTISPECIES ETHNOGRAPHY S. EBEN KIRKSEY, S. EBEN KIRKSEY City University of New York Graduate CenterSearch for more papers by this authorSTEFAN HELMREICH, STEFAN HELMREICH Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySearch for more papers by this author S. EBEN KIRKSEY, S. EBEN KIRKSEY City University of New York Graduate CenterSearch for more papers by this authorSTEFAN HELMREICH, STEFAN HELMREICH Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySearch for more papers by this author First published: 13 October 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1360.2010.01069.xCitations: 1,029Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL ABSTRACT Anthropologists have been committed, at least since Franz Boas, to investigating relationships between nature and culture. At the dawn of the 21st century, this enduring interest was inflected with some new twists. An emergent cohort of “multispecies ethnographers” began to place a fresh emphasis on the subjectivity and agency of organisms whose lives are entangled with humans. Multispecies ethnography emerged at the intersection of three interdisciplinary strands of inquiry: environmental studies, science and technology studies (STS), and animal studies. Departing from classically ethnobiological subjects, useful plants and charismatic animals, multispecies ethnographers also brought understudied organisms—such as insects, fungi, and microbes—into anthropological conversations. Anthropologists gathered together at the Multispecies Salon, an art exhibit, where the boundaries of an emerging interdiscipline were probed amidst a collection of living organisms, artifacts from the biological sciences, and surprising biopolitical interventions. Citing Literature Volume25, Issue4Special Issue: Multispecies EthnographyNovember 2010Pages 545-576 RelatedInformation