Ologies with Alie Ward
Ethnocynology (HUMANS & DOGS THROUGH TIME) with David Ian Howe
Wed, 15 Jan 2025
Ancient dogs! Domestic wolves! Anthropology! Archaeology! It’s all Ethnocynology: when humans and dogs started living and working together. The wonderful and iconic David Ian Howe is an educator and professional archaeologist whose focus is canines and people. So let’s curl up and be cute – like dogs – as we listen about breed histories, what evidence we have for doggies being friends, how wolves tamed themselves, why our relationships with canines make us what we are, talking dogs, if it’s fair it ask your dog to love you back, corn paws, and why your dog is trying to make fetch happen. Visit David’s website and his podcasts, The David Ian Howe Show & Ethnocynology with David Ian HoweFollow David on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Patreon and BlueskyA donation went to the Native American Humane SocietyMore episode sources and linksSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesOther episodes you may enjoy: Lupinology (WOLVES), Canine Speech Pathology (DOGS WITH BUTTONS), Felinology (CATS), Experimental Archaeology (ATLATLS), Momiology (MUMMIFICATION), Egyptology (ANCIENT EGYPT), Classical Archaeology (ANCIENT ROME), Mythology (STORYTELLING), Indigenous Cuisinology (NATIVE COOKING), Radiology (X-RAY VISION), Delphinology (DOLPHINS), Functional Morphology (ANATOMY), Zymology (BEER & YEAST), Columbidology (PIGEONS)Sponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!Follow Ologies on Instagram and BlueskyFollow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTokEditing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jacob ChaffeeManaging Director: Susan HaleScheduling Producer: Noel DilworthTranscripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn
Full Episode
Oh, hey, it's that festival bracelet you're still wearing on Monday. Allie Ward, let's talk dogs. So in the past, we've done episodes on dogs and wolves, but this one explains why a wolf is your dog. It's anthropology, it's sinology, it's lupinology, it's ethnocinology, which is a term coined in 2002 by an anthropologist named Brian Cummings.
In this book, he wrote titled, First Nations, First Dogs, Canadian Aboriginal Ethnocinology. And ethnocinology is the study of dogs within their cultural context. I love it. So for years, y'all have asked me to interview this particular guest. I have been tagged in so many things. And also recommended by our experimental archaeology guest, Angelo Robledo.
So this guest's handles everywhere are ethnocinology. I was game. So they did their undergrad in anthropology at University of Tennessee at Knoxville and got a master's in anthropology at the University of Wyoming. They are an educator with huge platforms on TikTok and YouTube. And they are also a professional archaeologist. And we talk about how wolves went from the woods to your bed.
And we'll get to that. But first, thank you to Patreon folks at patreon.com slash ologies for supporting the show for as little as a dollar a month. and submitting your questions for the ologists before we record. We also, by the way, have a show called Smologies. Those are kid-safe and classroom-friendly episodes. You can find Smologies wherever you get podcasts.
Just search for it, S-M-O-L-O-G-I-E-S. Also, thanks to everyone leaving reviews, which help the show so much. I read them all and then I read you one each week, such as this one from Momstress1 who wrote, Thank you for illuminating so many fascinating topics. Even those that seem mundane at first are revealed to be deeply connected to the web of life. Momstress1, the name. I love it.
And thanks to everyone who left reviews. Let's talk dogs. Enough about me. Okay, let's curl up.
and be cute as we listen about breeds of dogs, what anthropological evidence we have for doggies being our friends, how wolves domesticated themselves, why our relationships with canines make us what we are, and if it's fair to ask your dog to love you back, we talk corn, paws, and why your dog is trying to make fetch happen with archaeologist, anthropologist, and ethnocynologist David Ian Howe.
My name is David Ian Howe. He, him.
And ethnosynology. We have both been tagged in so many, so many posts to talk to each other.
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