Care in a Time of Anthropogenic Problems: Experiences from Sanctuary-Making in Rural Denmark

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Abstract

This chapter examines the embodied and situated practices of care in the context of farmed animal sanctuaries in rural Denmark. In approaching care as an “ethical doing,” as suggested by María Puig de la Bellacasa, this chapter asks what kind of alternative images of multispecies life might emerge from sanctuary caregiving in a time of anthropogenic problems? In documenting the difficult task of providing life-long care for animals bred for profit within normative structures embedded in industrial production, the analysis highlights sanctuary caregiving as a disruptive site for rethinking ethics and politics beyond the nature-culture dichotomy.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFeminist Animal and Multispecies Studies: Critical Perspectives on Food and Eating
EditorsKadri Aavik, Kuura Irni, Milla-Maria Joki
PublisherBrill
Chapter3
Pages97-116
Volume6
ISBN (Electronic) 9789004679375
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameCritical Animal Studies
PublisherBrill

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Free keywords

  • Farmed Animal Sanctuaries
  • care ethics
  • ethical doings
  • naturecultures
  • post-domestic care

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