Lewis Holloway
Papers
10
Total Citations
600
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About
Lewis Holloway is a pioneering human-animal geographer whose work sits at the compelling intersection of agricultural technology, animal subjectivity, and more-than-human relations. Best known for his sustained scholarly engagement with robotic milking systems on UK dairy farms, Holloway has fundamentally reshaped how researchers conceptualize the relationships between cows, humans, and automated technologies in contemporary agriculture. His most influential work, "Subjecting Cows to Robots" (2007, 142 citations), challenged prevailing anthropocentric framings of farm animal subjectivity, arguing instead for understanding animals and technologies as co-producers of new kinds of relationships and identities. This theme runs throughout his career, with subsequent papers exploring how dairy cows and stockpeople both adapt to and resist automation, generating novel ethical and practical questions for farming practice. His concept of "divergent conduct" — articulated across multiple works accumulating over 100 citations each — offers researchers a sophisticated vocabulary for understanding how animals are neither passive objects nor straightforwardly autonomous agents within technological systems. Holloway has also pushed methodological boundaries, advocating for visual ethnography as a tool for less anthropocentric research. With a body of work exceeding 500 citations, his scholarship offers students and researchers an indispensable framework for examining how technology is remaking animal and human life on modern farms.
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- 5Visualizing Human-Animal-Technology Relations62 citations · 2016
- 6The impact of technological change in dairy farming: robotic milking systems and the changing role of the stockperson62 citations · 2012
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- 10Robotic and Information Technologies in UK Dairy Farming2 citations · 2012