Ethodivergence

Picture of silhouette of a human and a dog with text that reads: Ethodivergence refers to behaviours that deviate from: 1. Typical patterns for one's species, 2. Norms within a specific ecological or social context, or 3. Behaviours deemed acceptable by ethonormativity (human-centered norms about acceptable behaviour in humans and other animals). "Just like neurodivergence, which is often but not always linked to disability, ethodivergence may enable unique forms of flourishing but can also lead to vulnerability or debilitation. Moreover, while some ethodivergences arise from selective pressures, others could be understood as effects of intraspecies and multispecies relationality or debilitating environments." (Tarragnat, 2025). Inspired by: Ombre Tarragnat Biodiversity, neurodiversity, ethodiversity: towards a morethan-human and more-than-neurological turn in neurodiversity studies (2025)

…ethodivergence refers to ways of being and behaving that depart from the behavioural patterns (1) dominant in one’s species, (2) in one’s ecological and social milieu, and/or (3) imposed by anthropocentric ethonormativity – understood as the normative regulation, based on humanist principles, of the behaviours which can (or cannot) be accepted in given animals (human … Continue reading Ethodivergence

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