Hedgehogs, Killing, and Kindness: The Contradictions of Care in Conservation Practice
Author:   Laura McLauchlan
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
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Pages:   272
Publication Date:   14 May 2024
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Author:   Laura McLauchlan
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9780262548106


ISBN 10:   0262548100
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   14 May 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Acknowledgments vii Introduction: On Coming to Care 1 1 Storied Attunements: Backyard Hedgehog-Human Interactions in a Time of Shifting Framings 19 Transitions: Welcome Cares 46 2 Wild Cares: Tinkering and Embodied Expertise 49 Representations 79 3 Sadness and Distributed Agency in Urban Hedgehog Conservation 83 4 Cauterizing Care and Sustaining Rehabilitation 113 5 Well-Aligned Cares: Making and Undoing Conservation Common Sense 141 Detachment and Affinity 173 6 Killing and/with Kindness? Holding Tensions in Biodiversity Conservation 183 Conclusion: On Being Made of Cares 213 Notes 225 References 233 Index 255

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Laura McLauchlan is an anthropologist with expertise in both ethnographic illustration and more-than-human approaches. Her work focuses on the role of learned practices and cultural concepts in supporting generative connection. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in anthropology at Macquarie University.

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