TY - JOUR
KW - Human-animal relations
KW - Islam
KW - Istanbul
KW - charity
KW - urban space
AU - Kimberly Hart
AB - Green, marginal, and sacred spaces in Istanbul host dogs, cats, and wild birds. In this essay, I argue that citizens enact embodied memories from the Ottoman era by caring for these animals. While birds are iconic representatives of the modern city, and street cats have become media denizens, the lives of street dogs are sadder. Animal rights activists are mobilized by the history of Ottoman administration efforts at eradicating them. Unlike actions inspired by this history, enactments of embodied memory are less conscious, such as residents cooking and distributing food to street cats. However, I argue that these are enacted social memories of compassion and charity and are an embodied form of intangible cultural heritage. Ottoman-era social practices of caring for street animals create an historical and legal foundation for justifying the right of street animals to live in the city.
DO - 10.1080/02757206.2019.1610404
M1 - 4
N1 - Publisher: Routledge
N2 - Green, marginal, and sacred spaces in Istanbul host dogs, cats, and wild birds. In this essay, I argue that citizens enact embodied memories from the Ottoman era by caring for these animals. While birds are iconic representatives of the modern city, and street cats have become media denizens, the lives of street dogs are sadder. Animal rights activists are mobilized by the history of Ottoman administration efforts at eradicating them. Unlike actions inspired by this history, enactments of embodied memory are less conscious, such as residents cooking and distributing food to street cats. However, I argue that these are enacted social memories of compassion and charity and are an embodied form of intangible cultural heritage. Ottoman-era social practices of caring for street animals create an historical and legal foundation for justifying the right of street animals to live in the city.
SP - 448
EP - 459
TI - Istanbul s intangible cultural heritage as embodied by street animals
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065387590&doi=10.1080%2f02757206.2019.1610404&partnerID=40&md5=a6a98e37f0172976ea3516578b69361b
VL - 30
SN - 02757206 (ISSN)
ER -