ABSTRACT Maintaining an immaterial and modernist approach to interpersonal and family relationships obscures places in lived experiences where scholarly critiques may be most disruptive and impactful. Nonhuman vocabularies provide valuable foundations for critical interpersonal and family (CIFC) scholars, as we analyze and disrupt problematic communication practices that constitute contested interpersonal and family relationships. We argue that it is incumbent upon CIFC researchers to critique the material-discursive practices that constitute unjust operations of power by including and recognizing nonhuman actants in our analyses and subsequent critiques. In this paper, we first describe current barriers that keep CIFC scholars from reaching for nonhuman vocabularies. Second, we identify 3 nonhuman theories CIFC scholars could adopt. Finally, we discuss the risks and promises of nonhuman approaches for CIFC scholars.

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CIFC奖学金非人类转向的承诺

摘要 在人际关系和家庭关系中保持非物质和现代主义的方法会掩盖生活经历中学术批评可能最具破坏性和影响力的地方。非人类词汇为批判性人际关系和家庭 (CIFC) 学者提供了宝贵的基础，因为我们分析和破坏了构成有争议的人际关系和家庭关系的有问题的交流实践。我们认为 CIFC 研究人员有责任通过在我们的分析和随后的批评中包括和承认非人类行为者来批评构成不公正权力运作的物质-话语实践。在本文中，我们首先描述了当前阻碍 CIFC 学者接触非人类词汇的障碍。其次，我们确定了 CIFC 学者可以采用的 3 种非人类理论。最后，