Ressiore C Adriana, Ludwig David, El-Hani Charbel
Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Chair Group, Wageningen University Wageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands.
National Institute of Science and Technology in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution (INCT IN-TREE) Salvador Brazil.
Geo. 2024 Jul-Dec;11(2):e00159. doi: 10.1002/geo2.159. Epub 2024 Dec 8.
As dominant approaches to biodiversity loss and climate change continue to fail in mitigating current socio-environmental crises, scholars and activists are exploring novel conceptual frameworks to drive transformative change in conservation. Among these, more-than-human care has emerged as a concept at the intersection of feminist debates about care and post-humanist discussions around the more-than-human. Although more-than-human care is increasingly referenced in the literature, it remains sparsely situated in the Global South. This article investigates the concept's potential to articulate care relations that can foster more plural, respectful, and transformative biodiversity conservation practices in local communities. Our research is situated in an artisanal fishing village in Brazil, where we engaged with both human and non-human members of the community to engage with their perspectives on more-than-human care and its relevance to their local concerns. From our analysis, four key dimensions emerged: the vital and everyday nature of caring; the relationality between humans and non-humans; reciprocity; and the fostering of flourishing for as many as possible. Our core argument is that the interaction between community practices and care theory enables new perspectives that center on daily and reciprocal care relations often overlooked in mainstream conservation approaches. By situating the conceptual potential of more-than-human care within the Global South, we underscore its ability to make the invisible visible and to inspire action for transformative change.
由于应对生物多样性丧失和气候变化的主流方法在缓解当前社会环境危机方面持续失败，学者和行动者们正在探索新的概念框架，以推动保护领域的变革性变化。其中，“超人类关怀”已成为一个概念，处于女权主义关于关怀的辩论与后人文主义关于超人类的讨论的交叉点。尽管“超人类关怀”在文献中被越来越多地提及，但在全球南方地区它的相关研究仍然很少。本文探讨了这一概念在阐明关怀关系方面的潜力，这种关怀关系能够在当地社区促进更多元、更尊重和更具变革性的生物多样性保护实践。我们的研究位于巴西的一个手工渔村，在那里我们与社区中的人类和非人类成员互动，了解他们对超人类关怀的看法及其与当地问题的相关性。通过分析，出现了四个关键维度：关怀的至关重要性和日常性；人类与非人类之间的关系性；互惠性；以及促进尽可能多的生物繁荣发展。我们的核心观点是，社区实践与关怀理论之间的相互作用产生了新的视角，这些视角以主流保护方法中常常被忽视的日常和互惠关怀关系为中心。通过将超人类关怀的概念潜力置于全球南方的背景下，我们强调了它使不可见变得可见以及激发变革性变化行动的能力。
