In Stage 2, OBSERVING, ABIDE explores how animals recover from disasters, in particular catastrophic wildfires, by following the trace of the social practices through which they engage with the damaged landscape and territory. We thus focus on the recovery phase of disasters.
We aim at reconstituting animals’ experiences of recovery by untying contact zones where multispecies encounters between animals, plants, fire and humans co-emerge. We use multispecies and sensorial methods, species-sensitive, to venture into the post-disaster umwelten of animals.
Funded by the European Union (ERC, ABIDE, nº 101043231). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.