Multi-species relations : sled dogs and mushers

<p>After a succesful experience on the pathes to <strong><em>Compostella</em></strong>, my son Mehdi-Benjamin came back deeply transformed ! Maturity, tolerance, sense of responsabilites... He began to find out who he actually was...</p> <p>He finally knew what he wanted to make of his own future : becoming an <strong><em>anthropologist</em></strong> !</p> <p>Now that he works on his <strong><em>mastery work (</em></strong>university memoir), his choices went for the interspecies relationships and, more particularly, the relationship which builds up through time between dogs, and their musher.</p> <p>In order to realize his project, Mehdi went to Qu&eacute;bec (Universit&eacute; Laval) ans most notably met musher Maxime Leclerc, active on the <strong>C</strong><strong>anine Ranch Manitou</strong> (Saint-Th&egrave;cle).</p> <p><strong><em>The originality of his project is to work with the dogs in order to deeply understand their relation with Man... through the animal&rsquo;s eyes.</em></strong></p> <h3><strong>Where and when ?</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<strong><em>His research will begin this december 2019 </em></strong>and during the whole winter season at S<strong><em>aint-Th&egrave;cle (Mauricie; Qu&eacute;bec) </em></strong>with other well-skilled <strong><em>mushers </em></strong>like Maxim, from the Canine Ranch &ldquo;Manitou&rdquo;...</p> <h3>&nbsp;<strong>How ?</strong></h3> <p>Mehdi-Benjamin is clearly conscious of his project&rsquo; harshness and therefore chose a&nbsp; methodology settled on the <strong>observation </strong>and <strong>active</strong> <strong>participation in which he will </strong>adopt (and adapt) the behavior of the &laquo; privileged idiot &raquo; (Piers Locke, 2017).</p> <p>&nbsp;This behavior will permit him <strong><em>developing his own relationship, emotionaly but also physically, with the dogs </em></strong>through numerous<strong><em> daily and inter-specific </em></strong><strong><em>activities</em></strong>,</p> <p>This, in order to better understand the original link between the dogs and their mushers.</p> <p><strong>Photographs, films</strong> (remote camera fixed on the dog&rsquo;s head, for instance), <strong>exchanges</strong> with mushers, ... That, will complement the subject to analyze, and exploit this material</p> <h3>&nbsp;<strong>Why?</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;The objective is to realize a written analysis which should be consequent, rich, and innovating enough to open up the doors to a post-graduate work.</p> <p>That, through the better understanding of inter-species relationships, with the aim to better the animal&rsquo;s well-being facing human beings :</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/630155/ranch-canin-manitou-1573298734.jpg" width="100%" /><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/632082/Mehdi-1573987933.jpg" width="100%" /></p>