Bird feeding devices exclude unwelcome visitors. More-than-humans shaping the architecture and technology of birdfeeders in twentieth-century Finland.

dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorLähdesmäki, Hetaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAivelo, Tuomasen_US
dc.contributor.authorSavolainen, Panuen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Architectureen
dc.contributor.groupauthorHistory of Architectureen
dc.contributor.organizationUniversity of Helsinkien_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-17T21:24:32Z
dc.date.available2024-09-17T21:24:32Z
dc.date.issued2024-08en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we investigate the evolution of the birdfeeder and analyze it as a multispecies technology, a technological artefact that has co-evolved between multispecies interactions of humans, the target species of the feeding, and unwanted visitors. We use close reading as a method to examine pictures, design descriptions, photos and text sources published in Finnish magazines and newspapers from the late nineteenth century, when birdfeeders were first discussed, until the late twentieth century, with the aim of analyzing how birdfeeder designs and models have changed in relation to various (and especially unwanted) visitor species. Birdfeeders are visited not only by species that humans want to feed but also by several unwanted visitors, such as birds, mammals, bacteria and the weather. Being inspired by posthumanism and Science and Technology Studies (STS), we ask what the role of unwanted visitors has been as co-designers of technological artefacts, here the birdfeeder. Our article discusses the broader subject of how people welcome or exclude other beings from shared environments. We argue that it is vital for environmental humanities scholars to study artefacts and technology and vice versa, for design studies and STS scholars to examine non-humans. We hope to encourage other researchers to ponder how animals, and unwanted users in general, participate in designing technology and artefacts.en
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dc.identifier.citationLähdesmäki, H, Aivelo, T & Savolainen, P 2024, ' Bird feeding devices exclude unwelcome visitors. More-than-humans shaping the architecture and technology of birdfeeders in twentieth-century Finland. ', Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1757-1778 . https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486241242680en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/25148486241242680en_US
dc.identifier.issn2514-8486
dc.identifier.issn2514-8494
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/130846
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-202409186394
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnvironment and Planning E: Nature and Space
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 7, issue 4, pp. 1757-1778
dc.rightsopenAccessen
dc.subject.keywordco-designen_US
dc.subject.keywordmultispecies technologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordunwelcome othersen_US
dc.subject.keywordBird feedingen_US
dc.titleBird feeding devices exclude unwelcome visitors. More-than-humans shaping the architecture and technology of birdfeeders in twentieth-century Finland.en
dc.typeA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessäfi
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