ABSTRACT
This chapter advances two principal arguments. First, while it is relatively straightforward to present discussions of non-human agency in generalized ungrounded terms, if the intention is to make a serious attempt to 'give others their due' then there needs to be a more detailed and grounded account of the non-human agency of particular beings, things and materials. The second argument relates to the first. While some conceptual approaches particularly those associated with Actor Network Theory have adopted a serious approach to non-human agency, there remain some significant gaps in the types of non-human agent that have been subjected to serious study. The chapter reviews recent discussions of the interconnectivity of human and natural worlds, noting how the notion of agency has been translated across a previously disabling binary distinction between human and non-human. It encounters different understandings of agency based on what theoretical questions are being posed.
