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Decolonizing Extinction
"What if we experienced this present
era…
Decolonizing Extinction
"What if we experienced this present
era of extinction without violent domination and colonization over others, particularly nonhuman beings? Can we instead embrace the vulnerability of sharing our lives together, however fleeting those moments might be? Can we abandon an impression of safety that depends on cruelty? In other words, how might we decolonize extinction?" (3)
"How are we to live and die in this present age of extinction, when colonial legacies help determine who can what is in better position to survive?" (8)
Methods
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Participant observation # #
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longue duree - centuries of history of colonialism #
Thousands and millions of years - geologic time #
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Stories that challenge happy inter-species fictions #
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Working with orangutans means care, vulnerability, risk
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"We see a theory of decolonization generating in the everyday but extraordinary work of care that happens here in Sarawak’s two wildlife centers" (6).
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Postcolonial institutions #
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