Table of Contents
Foreword by Philip P. Arnold; Introduction: We have never been individuals, Miguel Astor-Aguilera and Graham Harvey PART 1: Relations 1 On the Ontological Scheme of Beyond Nature and Culture, Marshall Sahlins 2 Persons or relatives? Animistic scales of practice and imagination, Nurit Bird-David 3 Adjusted styles of communication (ASCs) in the post-Cartesian world, Graham Harvey PART 2: Things 4 Assembling new ontologies from old materials: Towards multiplicity, Oliver J. T. Harris and Rachel J. Crellin 5 Religious objects: Uncomfortable relations and an ontological turn to things, Amy Whitehead 6 Robot Companions: The Animation of Technology and the Technology of Animation in Japan, Fabio R. Gygi PART 3: Approaches 7 The Ontological Turn, Indigenous Research, and Niitsitapi Protocols of Reciprocity, Kenneth H. Lokensgard 8 Maya-Mesoamerican Polyontologies: Breath and Indigenous American Vital Essences, Miguel Astor-Aguilera 9 Environment, ontology and visual perception: A saltwater case, Katie Glaskin 10 "Are All Stones Alive?": Anthropological and Anishinaabe Approaches to Personhood, Maureen Matthews and Roger Roulette