Environmentalities of Coexistence with Wolves in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain
Coexistence between humans and large carnivores is mediated by diverse values and interactions. We focus on four sites in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain with a history of continuous wolf presence to examine how perceptions of coexistence vary across contexts. We conducted semi-structured and info...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:98cac19ca1ea4eaabb9181062c3a01f0 2023-05-15T15:50:31+02:00 Environmentalities of Coexistence with Wolves in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain Agnese Marino Juan Carlos Blanco Jose A Cortes-Vazquez José Vicente López-Bao Anna Planella Bosch Sarah M Durant 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_66_21 https://doaj.org/article/98cac19ca1ea4eaabb9181062c3a01f0 EN eng Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2022;volume=20;issue=4;spage=345;epage=357;aulast=Marino https://doaj.org/toc/0972-4923 0972-4923 doi:10.4103/cs.cs_66_21 https://doaj.org/article/98cac19ca1ea4eaabb9181062c3a01f0 Conservation & Society, Vol 20, Iss 4, Pp 345-357 (2022) large carnivores wolves canis lupus environmentality coexistence human-wildlife conflict Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_66_21 2022-12-30T21:17:02Z Coexistence between humans and large carnivores is mediated by diverse values and interactions. We focus on four sites in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain with a history of continuous wolf presence to examine how perceptions of coexistence vary across contexts. We conducted semi-structured and informal interviews with livestock farmers (n = 271), hunters (n = 157), and local community members (n = 60) to collect quantitative and qualitative data on people's experiences of coexistence with wolves. We use an environmentality framework to analyse approaches to wolf governance across sites and explore how local resource users perceive, negotiate, and respond to different governance approaches. Our analysis is firstly structured around coexistence subjectivities associated with pastoralist and hunter cultures. These encompass ambivalent and multi-layered relations founded on notions of reciprocity with nature and on resource users' roles as producers and land stewards. Secondly, we explore encounters between local cultures, interests, and environmental regulations in the context of different site-based environmentalities. The framework we adopt enables coexistence to be conceived as a space of competing knowledges and practices, arising from everyday embodied interactions with wolves and the cultural politics through which local communities negotiate different ways of governing, knowing, and relating to nature. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Conservation and Society 20 4 345 |
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Coexistence between humans and large carnivores is mediated by diverse values and interactions. We focus on four sites in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain with a history of continuous wolf presence to examine how perceptions of coexistence vary across contexts. We conducted semi-structured and informal interviews with livestock farmers (n = 271), hunters (n = 157), and local community members (n = 60) to collect quantitative and qualitative data on people's experiences of coexistence with wolves. We use an environmentality framework to analyse approaches to wolf governance across sites and explore how local resource users perceive, negotiate, and respond to different governance approaches. Our analysis is firstly structured around coexistence subjectivities associated with pastoralist and hunter cultures. These encompass ambivalent and multi-layered relations founded on notions of reciprocity with nature and on resource users' roles as producers and land stewards. Secondly, we explore encounters between local cultures, interests, and environmental regulations in the context of different site-based environmentalities. The framework we adopt enables coexistence to be conceived as a space of competing knowledges and practices, arising from everyday embodied interactions with wolves and the cultural politics through which local communities negotiate different ways of governing, knowing, and relating to nature. |
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Agnese Marino Juan Carlos Blanco Jose A Cortes-Vazquez José Vicente López-Bao Anna Planella Bosch Sarah M Durant |
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Agnese Marino Juan Carlos Blanco Jose A Cortes-Vazquez José Vicente López-Bao Anna Planella Bosch Sarah M Durant |
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Environmentalities of Coexistence with Wolves in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain |
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Environmentalities of Coexistence with Wolves in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain |
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Environmentalities of Coexistence with Wolves in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain |
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Environmentalities of Coexistence with Wolves in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain |
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Environmentalities of Coexistence with Wolves in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain |
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environmentalities of coexistence with wolves in the cantabrian mountains of spain |
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