The new normality or the slowdown of the Anthropocene

The present essay seeks to explore to what extent the new normality, linked to a biopolitics of confinement, supposes a global slowdown of the Anthropocene. It is argued that the impact of the new normality is related not to the mere decrease of the modes of development but to the increasing awarene...

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Autor: Villagómez-Reséndiz, Radamés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:INTERdisciplina
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/87019
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/inter/article/view/87019
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:biopolitics
pandemics
multispecies assemblages
ethical care
biopolítica
pandemia
ensamblaje multiespecies
ética del cuidado
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Sumario:The present essay seeks to explore to what extent the new normality, linked to a biopolitics of confinement, supposes a global slowdown of the Anthropocene. It is argued that the impact of the new normality is related not to the mere decrease of the modes of development but to the increasing awareness and visibility of multispecies assemblages (including humans). If such awareness is considered in the light of the notion of care and attention for multispecies and their interactions and if such care has allowed us to see beyond the anthropocentric bias with regard to the conservation and restoration of ecosystems, then, it is possible to make use of this care to make visible human groups that are unprotected and in notorious disadvantage in the, so called, new normality.