human as animal

in philosophy and anthropology

• the ‘primal’ humans
  • a multitude of ways people engage with the concept of a primal self, theories/frameworks/approaches to exploring this in modern life/times/cultures/research
    • eg reptilian brain/limbic system
    • calisthenics,
    • infant reflexes,
    • nature/nurture debates,
    • pre-verbal and mentalese,
    • homosapien+
  • fear, survival, trauma and psychology
• primal vs animalistic
• ‘primal urges’ and ‘primal instincts’
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• ‘savage’ and colonialism and the construction of whiteness de~colonialism, indigenous peoples’ rights, Whiteness
• thinking on how our body map determines so much of how we relate to each other and the world (what it feels like to be a bat, nagel(?) )

in sex (content warning/fetish)

• primal roleplay
  • primal interpreted variously as both human and animal
• specific animal roleplay
  • only kinds practised/discussed widely enough to allow for gatherings/media/being at all researchable are ponyplay, puppyplay and kittenplay
  • whilst some are more body focused (eg cow fetishes often related to udders and lactation, a trait easily transferred between cow and human species),
  • some are more straightforward aesthetic and behavioural matches (eg commonly kittenplay appears more aesthetic/cuteness focused or adjacent to ‘brat’ identities)
  • but many of these specific interests cover ways of relating, crossing over with other kink-associated relationship dynamics such as training/ownership/service aspects of ponyplay and puppyplay
  • interesting how some people transfer these ways of relating with animals to alternative ways of relating with other humans

in body, media, performance

• body maps in general are fascinating - annihilation film played with that in some fun ways - foetal development - amorphous globosus (content warning/gore)
• experiments of people-as-animal like GoatMan, in performance art, traditions, rituals
• wild sheep chase novel