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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| Author(s) | Brian L. Due |
| Title | A Post-Praxeological Approach to Multispecies Assemblages: The Case of Human-Plant Interactions at a Farm |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, In press, Conversation analysis, Assemblage theory, Multispecies, Human-plant interaction, Ethnomethodology, Post-praxeology |
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| Year | 2026 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Human Studies |
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10746-026-09843-3 |
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Abstract
This article develops a post-praxeological approach to multispecies assemblages through a video-based study of human-plant interaction on a regenerative farm. Combining ethnomethodology and conversation analysis with process philosophy and assemblage theory, the paper examines how planting cucumbers emerges as a distributed accomplishment among humans, plants, soil organisms, tools, plastic infrastructures, weather conditions, and a companion dog, among other elements. The study shows how agency is not located in individual actors but distributed across heterogeneous participants. By integrating a flat ontological stance with a first-person ethnographic account and fine-grained multimodal analysis of transcribed segments, the article offers a methodological contribution to multispecies and interactional research, demonstrating how non-human participation can be rendered empirically observable without resorting to abstract generalisation or critical accounts of multispecies, posthuman justice.
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