{"id":3393,"date":"2026-02-20T12:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=3393"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:56:35","slug":"k-g-hutchins-a-song-for-the-horses","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/k-g-hutchins-a-song-for-the-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"K. G. Hutchins &#8211; A Song for the Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kip Hutchins, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Oberlin College (USA), discussed his book&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uapress.arizona.edu\/book\/a-song-for-the-horses\"><em>A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia<\/em>&nbsp;<\/a>(University of Arizona Press, 2025) in the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series on Monday, 16 February 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As permafrost in Siberia continues to melt and the steppe in the Gobi turns to desert, people in Mongolia are faced with overlapping climate crises. Some nomadic herders describe climate change as the end of a world. They are quick to add that the world has ended before for Indigenous people in North Asia, as waves of colonialism have left the steppe with a complicated web of apocalypses.&nbsp;<em>A Song for the Horses&nbsp;<\/em>by K. G. Hutchins examines cases in which people respond to the pressures of climate change by drawing on cultural heritage to foster social resiliency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hutchins\u2019s ethnographic research, spanning more than a decade, provides a vivid and intimate portrayal of Mongolian life. Musicians use the morin khuur, or \u2018horse fiddle,\u2019 to engage with the subjectivities and agencies of nonhuman animals and other beings. This work is a significant contribution to the posthuman turn in social sciences, engaging with theories from prominent scholars such as Donna Haraway and Anna Tsing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As climate change continues to impact communities worldwide, this book offers a unique perspective on how cultural heritage can be mobilized to address environmental challenges, providing valuable lessons for global efforts to build sustainable and resilient futures. At the intersection of music, environment, and posthumanism,&nbsp;<em>A Song for the Horses<\/em>&nbsp;shows how Mongolian musicians use cultural traditions to imagine and build toward alternative futures beyond climate change and neoliberalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kip Hutchins, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Oberlin College (USA), discussed his book&nbsp;A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-16-Hutchins.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-16-Hutchins_pod-scaled.jpeg","cover_image_id":"3390","duration":"00:56:56","filesize":"37.64M","filesize_raw":"39465644","date_recorded":"2026-02-16","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"4","itunes_title":"K. 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