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

Leth-Espensen, Marie LU (2023) In Critical Animal Studies 6. p.97-116
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.
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keywords
Farmed Animal Sanctuaries, care ethics, ethical doings, naturecultures, post-domestic care
host publication
Feminist Animal and Multispecies Studies: Critical Perspectives on Food and Eating
series title
Critical Animal Studies
editor
Aavik, Kadri ; Irni, Kuura and Joki, Milla-Maria
volume
6
pages
97 - 116
publisher
Brill
ISBN
9789004679375
DOI
10.1163/9789004679375_005
language
English
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yes
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