Across North America, co-management is often presented as a progressive model for conservation. But when decision-making authority remains unequal, is shared management meaningful change or the continuation of older colonial structures?
Animal testing often evokes strong images and intense debate that draw binaries of pro or against. Through the concepts of Donna Haraway and case studies, we discuss the nuances and opportunities to balance research outcomes with more thoughtful relationships between people and lab animals.
Drawing on Marisol de la Cadena’s concept of the “anthropo-not-seen,” we discuss whether granting legal rights to nature can create visibility for Indigenous ontologies, or if it risks reinforcing the very systems that have historically erased them.
How does anthropocentrism shape scientific relationships with plants and animals?
How and why people choose which species to value in conservation?
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By Micah Dill1 It is a cold February morning, and a man sits on the porch of his cabin near Cat Point Creek, a tributary of the Rappahannock River in Virginia. At this time of year, before the leaves return, he can see out over the water. He watches the water closely, looking for the... Continue Reading →
herring–human companionship invites us to rethink rural settler Virginia by considering more-than-human bodily intimacies
