Touching and gesture exchange as an element of emotional bond construction
Application of visual sociology in the research on interaction between humans and animals
Keywords:
human and non-human animals interactions, visual sociology, video recordings, analysis of visual data, intentionality, intersubjectivity, corporality, touch, grounded theory, social association, playingAbstract
This article examines the problem of analyzing the interaction between humans and domestic animals. The research involved the analysis of transcripts of video recordings representing the interactions between humans and animals. Observations of touch and gesture exchange allowed the reconstruction social rituals (greetings and farewells) as well as other social forms of association (playing, spontaneous expressing of emotions, baths, putting to sleep, walks, fights during walks, indulgent reproach), which create emotional and social bonds. The analysis of visual data provided an opportunity to examine the corporality and direct interactions of bodies in the sequential exchange of gestures. The method applied in the analysis of data was grounded theory.
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