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344
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Nature-Watching and Affective Encounters with More-Than-Human Beings in Post-Reform Beijing
Auteur(s) Wang (A01)
Editeur(s) GALDA VERLAG
Ean :
9783962034481
Date de parution :
18/06/2025
Résumé : This study investigates ordinary Beijingers' urban encounters with more-than-human beings through the simple yet powerful act of nature-watching (ziran guancha
自然观察)—such as bird-watching and plant observation activities, and reveals how nature-watching practices foster affective bonds and cross-species relatedness. Drawing on multispecies ethnography and affect theory, the study unsettles the notion of cities as anti-nature spaces and reimagines Beijing as a vibrant, multispecies metropolis where humans and nonhumans co-create urban life. It is a fresh and compelling look at how seeing becomes a way of relating, cultivating new forms of ethical care, civic participation, and ecological sensibility in post-reform China.
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