The construct of multispecies anthropology has helped explain some of the ways through which humans develop sensory and embodied connectedness with the more‐than‐human. Yet there is a need to fully comprehend how such connectedness leads to the discovery of the inner self. Through an ethnographic study carried out with rural South Punjabi pigeon flyers in Pakistan between 2008 and 2018, this paper argues that companionship with pigeons allows people to generate a meaningful relationship with their animals, explore their inner emotions and achieve a deeper understanding of the self. This paper takes inspiration from Donna Haraway's critique of Jacques Derrida's cat encounter, and philosophical thoughts of a 12th‐century Muslim mystic poet, Farid ud‐Din Attar, to examine how becoming‐with pigeons enables the flyers to structure their lifeworlds, develop entrenched companionship and shape their social choices to achieve wellbeing despite everyday social troubles and emotional anxieties.

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自我的逃逸：在巴基斯坦乡村探索人与人之间的伙伴关系

多物种人类学的构建帮助解释了人类与非人类之间发展感官和具体联系的一些方式。然而，有必要完全理解这种联系如何导致内在自我的发现。通过对2008年至2018年在巴基斯坦南旁遮普邦的乡村鸽飞行者进行的人种学研究，本文认为与鸽子的陪伴可以使人们与动物建立有意义的关系，探索其内在情感并加深对自我的理解。本文以从德里达的猫相遇的唐娜·哈拉维的批判，以及12世纪穆斯林神秘诗人的哲学思想的启发，法里德UD-Din的阿塔尔，研究如何成为─用 鸽子可以使飞行者构建生活世界，发展牢固的伙伴关系，并塑造他们的社会选择，从而在面对日常社会问题和情绪焦虑的同时实现福祉。