Colonialism
One way to engage with this topic is to consider that humans have colonised nonhuman habitats everywhere except where Homo sapiens originally evolved. This perspective invites engagement with research in fields such as animal geography, critical Animal Studies, More-than-Human Design, and environmental humanities, all of which contribute to the discourse on colonisation. One could argue that without incorporating more-than-human perspectives, efforts toward Justice remain incomplete, constrained by speciesism, anthropocentrism, or other biases.
Relevant themes include domestication, exploitation, conservation, cultural symbolism, legal and ethical frameworks, and environmental impact. Notably, discussions on violence against animals within frameworks of intersectionality are particularly prominent.
Further, animals, plants, and other forms of life colonise the environments where they have not originally evolved on Earth and, according to some theories, via panspermia.
References
Jagtap, Santosh. Design and Engineering for Low Resource Settings: A Practical Guide. Cham: Springer, 2024.
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