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Decolonizing Extinction: The Work of Care in Orangutan Rehabilitation by Juno Salazar Parreñas
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5.0
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5.0
"Everybody we know will pass away. How well we die depends on others. Decolonizing extinction is one aspiration for what remains of our lives. This to me is about experimentally living together, feeling obliged to others, without a sense of safety or control that requires violent domination, and while being open to the uncertain possibility of experiencing harm from contact with others, even when that potential harm may be fatal. Do we have the courage to face up to this challenge?" (185)
"When we make conservation interventions, can we be less enamored with the proliferation of new life and be more concerned with the process of dying well? Can we come to terms with the future we have imposed on orangutans? Are we, like Nadim, able to shift our perspectives to imagine the thoughts and feelings of those who are different from us? Do we have the courage to face the uncertainty that arises in our relations with others, however fleeting our time together may be?" (186)
"When we make conservation interventions, can we be less enamored with the proliferation of new life and be more concerned with the process of dying well? Can we come to terms with the future we have imposed on orangutans? Are we, like Nadim, able to shift our perspectives to imagine the thoughts and feelings of those who are different from us? Do we have the courage to face the uncertainty that arises in our relations with others, however fleeting our time together may be?" (186)
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