Belonging in Motion
Topic owner: Emma
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Search terms and concepts:
- polyrhythmic belonging: multiple temporalities and seasonal cycles (human and nonhuman) as baseline rather than anomaly
- scalar belonging: belonging at multiple scales simultaneously (local microhabitat + migratory corridor + bioregion + planet)
- fugitive belonging: belonging shaped by climate displacement, rewilding corridors, and active relocation
- kinship logic: framing more-than-human populations as relatives with obligations, not resources
Belonging. What is it? Define the dimensions of belonging. What is permanent? How long does it last? How does it affect people? How long does it take to form?
Sense of identity
Migrants or nomadic lifestyles
Can the sense of place and belonging be achieved in different geographical locations?
Hubs in different places?
Michael Pollan on apples and belonging
References
Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. (explores how humans and other species create dynamic relationships across territories)
Ingold, Tim. Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description. London: Routledge, 2011. (distinguishes "dwelling" (relational, embodied) from "building" (fixed); mobility as intrinsic to belonging)
Crosby, Alfred W. Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900. 1986; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. (colonial displacement of both human and nonhuman populations, establishing patterns of contested belonging)
Footnotes
Ellis, Erle C. “Ecology in an Anthropogenic Biosphere.” Ecological Monographs 85, no. 3 (2015): 287–331. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-2274.1.˄
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