Grasping a ‘more-than-human world’: The significance of the return of the wolf for the Dutch sheep owners

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dc.contributor.advisorTonnaer, Anke
dc.contributor.authorGoede, de, Vera
dc.date.issued2019-08-16
dc.description.abstractThis thesis provides an account of the lives of the Dutch sheep owners: the main stakeholder group in the Dutch wolf debate. The wolf is a hot topic in the Netherlands since its return after being gone for over a century. Dutch nature organisations welcome the wolf since it is expected that it can provide more of a balance to the eco-system. However, sheep owners give expression to their controversial opinion that the wolf is a ‘dangerous’ predator that forms a threat to their sheep, and thus should not be protected. The stance of the sheep owners is not further explored by nature organisations nor the government, which developed policies and regulations concerning the topic. Drawing on the daily sheep owner activities, their relations with their sheep and their narratives in the wolf debate, I uncover the significance of the return of the wolf. I assert that to truly understand the sheep owners’ resentment, we need to let go of the alleged divide between ‘humanity’ and ‘nature’, in the academic- and Western world. In this argument, I implicitly critique the general neoliberalist rationale that leaves little space for ways of working and living in the Dutch landscape that do not conform to its ecological and economic ‘truths’, like the ways sheep owners connect and relate to their environment.
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/17042
dc.language.isoen
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
dc.thesis.specialisationspecialisations::Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen::Culturele Antropologie en Ontwikkelingssociologie::Master Culturele Antropologie en Ontwikkelingssociologie specialisatie Antropologie
dc.thesis.studyprogrammestudyprogrammes::Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen::Culturele Antropologie en Ontwikkelingssociologie
dc.thesis.typeMaster
dc.titleGrasping a ‘more-than-human world’: The significance of the return of the wolf for the Dutch sheep owners
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