PANGAEA'S RETURN: TOWARDS AN ONTOLOGY OF INVASIVE LIFE |
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| Authors: | Jonathan Everts Karl Benediktsson |
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| Affiliation: | 1. TU Dresden, Institut für Geographie, Lehrstuhl für Wirtschafts‐ und Sozialgeographie, Germany;2. Professor of Geography, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Iceland |
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| Abstract: | Invasive life has received much attention in recent years, being a prime example of the complex socio‐natural entanglements characterizing the present condition of the world. In this article we argue for an ontology of invasive life, consisting of three aspects. First, invasive life does indeed exist; second, it is deeply entangled with political action; and third, it has the capacity to produce new assemblages of socio‐natural phenomena. A recognition of these ontological premises opens up for analyses that go beyond the discussions of scientific moral judgement, and which will be a necessary part of reformulating the politics of human–nonhuman relations. The articulation of an invasive life ontology and its associated political project is inspired by, and vice versa serves as an introduction for, the following articles in this special issue, which address various aspects of these concerns. |
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| Keywords: | invasive life ontology socio‐natural relations eradication conflict |
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