1. Rhinoceros beetles are quite responsive to direct contact. 2. The log as a communication medium. 4. Having one's beetle get down on the log above a captive female. 5. Releasing the beetles is a matter of switching kinesthetic contacts. 6. Rolling one's notched stylus with its bells on the log. 7. When the stakes are high the game tends to come down to a balance of power between humans... 8. The beetle lifting its opponent is clearly recognized as getting the upper hand on its opponent whose owner has to stop manipulating the log. - by Stéphane Rennesson, Emmanuel Grimaud, and Nicolas Césard. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2.2, 2012. |