(Re)considering Squirrel-From Object of Rescue to Multispecies Kin
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2018-03-01
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Journal of Childhood Studies
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UNIV VICTORIA
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Melbourne Graduate School of Education
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Murphy, A. M. (Re)considering Squirrel-From Object of Rescue to Multispecies Kin. JOURNAL OF CHILDHOOD STUDIES, 43 (1), pp.60-67. https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs.v43i1.18265.
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This is a story situated in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, where encounters with a non-native “rescue” squirrel present disequilibrium for an educator and surprises for an early childhood classroom community. Thinking with Haraway, Latour, and common world frameworks challenges the educator’s “back to nature” narrative and generates opportunities to engage with different perspectives about the intersection of nature and culture, human and nonhuman kin, and the limiting quality of anthropocentric, child-centered pedagogies in early childhood education.