Más allá de la metáfora: hacia una práctica multiespecie encarnada, situada y desobediente

Martina  Davidson

doi:10.53981/destrocos.v6i2.59770

Authors

Martina Davidson Federal University of Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1326-1173

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53981/destrocos.v6i2.59770

Keywords:

multispecies, situated ethics, structural speciesism, animal resistance

Abstract

This article offers a critique of the aestheticization and depoliticization of the multispecies approach in social sciences, art, and academic production. Drawing on a situated and anti-colonial perspective, the text analyzes the risks of turning multispecies into an innocuous category, disconnected from the structural violence shaping human and non-human relations. Methodologically, it combines theoretical review with critical analysis of concrete experiences, exploring themes such as frictions, tactical alliances, animal resistance, and situated cohabitation practices. The central argument asserts that a transformative multispecies ethics requires embodied and politicized practices that confront structural speciesism, colonialism, and capitalism. The article concludes by advocating for an urgent ethical and material commitment to insurgent forms of more-than-human coexistence.

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Author Biography

Martina Davidson, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Doctore en Bioética, Ética Aplicada y Salud Colectiva (PPGBIOS - UFRJ). Miembre del Laboratorio de Ética Ambiental y Animal (UFF) y de la Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Críticos Animales.

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